Figures of Speech Review

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What is Personification?

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A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to non-human things.

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What is a Simile?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two different things using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is Metonymy?

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A figure of speech in which one word is used to replace another that it is closely linked to.

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What is Synecdoche?

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A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole or vice versa.

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What is Allusion?

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A reference in literature to another work in literature, art, music, or history.

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What is Irony?

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A figure of speech where the intended meaning is opposite to the literal meaning.

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What is Apostrophe?

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A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing.

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What is a Metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is Hyperbole?

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

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What is Oxymoron?

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A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms, such as 'deafening silence.'