Figures of Speech

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Simile

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another, implying a comparison without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Hyperbole

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An exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally, used for emphasis or effect.

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Idiom

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A phrase or expression whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of its individual words.

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Personification

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A figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas.

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Alliteration

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.