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What is an oxymoron?

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An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms, like 'living dead.'

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a word that represents a sound, like 'buzz' or 'sizzle.'

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same beginning sound in a series of words, like 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two things without using 'like' or 'as,' such as 'Time is a thief.'

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two things using 'like' or 'as,' such as 'as brave as a lion.'

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What is personification?

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Personification is giving human characteristics to non-human things, like saying 'the wind whispered through the trees.'

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What is hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, like 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.'

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What is a pun?

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A pun is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term or similar-sounding words for humorous effect.

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What is imagery?

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Imagery is descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates a picture in the reader's mind.

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What is a cliché?

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A cliché is an overused expression or idea that has lost its originality, like 'time heals all wounds.'