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Simile
Make an (explicit) comparison of something using “like” and “as”
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Metaphor
Make an (implicit) comparison of something without using “like” and “as”
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Personification
Giving a human qualities to describe an object
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Pathetic fallacy
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Hyperbole
Make an exaggeration for something comic or rhetorical effect
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Onomatopoeia
Make a sound
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Juxtaposition
Placing two elements side by side for comparison or contrast
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Alliteration
Repetition of the first (consonant) letters a word
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Irony
A contradiction between the apparent and underlying meaning of words or situations
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