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6802310338Simile Definition- comparison using "like" or "as", must be 2 unlike objects.0
6802310339Simile Example- "Trump is as orange as a cheeto."1
6802310340Personification Definition- gives human qualities to objects/non-living objects. - gives power to the thing being personified.2
6802310341Personification Example- "The painting spoke to me."3
6802310342Metaphor Definition- comparison of 2 unlike things by saying one thing is the other.4
6802310343Metaphor Example- "Her eyes were 2 bright stars in the heavens."5
6802310344Implied Metaphor Definition- comparing 2 unlike things by giving one the attributes of the other.6
6802310345Implied Metaphor Example- "His voice cascaded through the hallways." (rather than his voice was a cascade in the hallways)7
6802310346Metonymy Definition- an entity is referred to by one of it's associations.8
6802310347Metonymy Example- "school called & said we're having a snow day." - in reality, the principal called but you're associating the principal w/ the school.9
6802310348Synedoche Defnition- a part of something that is used to refer to the whole.10
6802310349Synedoche Example- Saying you bought a "new set of wheels" when you bought a car.11
6802310350Pun Definition- the use of a word that suggests two of it's meanings or the meaning of a homonym.12
6802310351Pun Example- "I would tell you a chemistry joke but all my good ones argon".13
6802310352Onomatopoeia Definition- the word is the sound.14
6802310353Onomatopoeia Example- BAM!! wham! SNAP!!!15
6802310354Hyperbole Definition- to make an exaggeration, an intentional overstatement for dramatic effect. - should be obvious.16
6802310355Hyperbole Example"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse."17
6802310356Litotes Definition- intentional understatement for ironic effect.18
6802310357Litotes Example- "The woman's singing was atrocious, heinous, and inexorably penetrating. It bothered me same."19
6802310358Irony Definition- words are meant to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.20
6802310359Irony Example- saying "oh wonderful" after failing an exam.21
6802310360Oxymoron Definition- words that have apparently contradictory meanings are placed near each other, usually to describe something.22
6802310361Oxymoron Example- "jumbo shrimp", "bittersweet".23
6802310362Dichotamous Definition- dual nature, can be shown through paradoxes & oxymorons.24
6802310363Rhetorical Question Definition- a question that expects no response, should be very obvious.25
6802310364Rhetorical Question Example- "Do I really look that dumb to you?"26
6802310365Paradox Definition- a statement that contradicts itself, is illogical, or defies intuition, yet still has some truth.27
6802310366Paradox Example- "I always lie."28
6802310367Apostrophe Definition- when a speaker breaks off & directs their exclamation to an imaginary thing or abstract concept.29
6802310368Apostophe Example- "Where O'Death, thy sting? Where, O'Death, thy victory?" (Paul in 1st Corinthians)30
6802310369Periphrasis Definition- substituting a description for a proper name.31
6802310370Periphrasis Example- Calling someone w/ red hair "carrot-top".32

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