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| 7329836533 | simile | comparing two essentially unlike things using "like" and/or as | 0 | |
| 7329845522 | metaphor | when something or someone figuratively becomes something else for a comparison | 1 | |
| 7329864736 | personification | giving non-human things human qualities | 2 | |
| 7329875197 | zoomorphism | giving humans animal qualities | 3 | |
| 7329884115 | allusion | a reference to something historical, literal, mythological, or from pop culture | 4 | |
| 7329901411 | onomatopoeia | when a word sounds like it is spelled | 5 | |
| 7329905581 | oxymoron | two words that contradict each other | 6 | |
| 7329909410 | anaphora | repetition of words at the beginning of subsequent lines | 7 | |
| 7329926708 | polysyndeton | using many grammatically unneeded words | 8 | |
| 7329935153 | asyndeton | not using enough grammatically needed words | 9 | |
| 7329942628 | amplification | when a word is repeated so that more information is added to it | 10 | |
| 7329948907 | rhetorical question | a question that is not looking to be answered, usually for style and flair | 11 | |
| 7329959675 | metonymy | when a familiar expression is substituted for another one | 12 | |
| 7329968617 | synecdoche | when a part is used to represent a whole or when a whole is used to represent a part | 13 | |
| 7329976349 | antithesis | writing things in parallel structure to show contrast | 14 | |
| 7329981245 | alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds | 15 | |
| 7329993158 | hyperbole | an exaggeration | 16 | |
| 7330000326 | eponym | when someone is called by a famous person's name who is known to have a particular trait | 17 | |
| 7330008795 | apostrophe | when an inanimate object is addressed in a lofty formal way | 18 |
