Figures of speech

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Simile

Comparison using like or as

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Metaphor

Direct comparison (without like or as)

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Personification

Giving human actions to non-living things

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Alliteration

Repetition of the same setter or sound ( tounge twisters

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Assonance

Repetition of the same vowel sounds

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Onomatopoeia

Words that copy the sound

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Hyperbole

Extreme exaggeration

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Oxymoron

Two opposite words together

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Irony

Opposite of what you expects happens

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