Figures of Speech and Literary Devices

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Metaphor directly compares:

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Two unrelated things as being the same.

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Main purpose of similes?

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Comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

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Literary device that imitates sounds?

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Onomatopoeia

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Personification in writing

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Assigns human qualities to non-human things

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Function of an idiom?

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Conveys a meaning different from the literal interpretation.

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Alliteration's effect on writing

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Repeating initial sounds creates rhythm.

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Hyperbole is used to exaggerate for emphasis or effect.

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To exaggerate for emphasis or effect

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Assonance involves:

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Repeating vowel sounds

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Oxymoron

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Combination of contradictory terms

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Effect of puns in writing?

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Add humor through wordplay.