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5433816111Simile Definition- comparison using "like" or "as", must be 2 unlike objects.0
5433836925Simile Example- "Trump is as orange as a cheeto."1
5433845888Personification Definition- gives human qualities to objects/non-living objects. - gives power to the thing being personified.2
5433859733Personification Example- "The painting spoke to me."3
5433869716Metaphor Definition- comparison of 2 unlike things by saying one thing is the other.4
5433877038Metaphor Example- "Her eyes were 2 bright stars in the heavens."5
5433890808Implied Metaphor Definition- comparing 2 unlike things by giving one the attributes of the other.6
5433915424Implied Metaphor Example- "His voice cascaded through the hallways." (rather than his voice was a cascade in the hallways)7
5433925397Metonymy Definition- an entity is referred to by one of it's associations.8
5433935419Metonymy 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
5433949135Synedoche Defnition- a part of something that is used to refer to the whole.10
5433956710Synedoche Example- Saying you bought a "new set of wheels" when you bought a car.11
5433969913Pun Definition- the use of a word that suggests two of it's meanings or the meaning of a homonym.12
5433977137Pun Example- "I would tell you a chemistry joke but all my good ones argon".13
5433990492Onomatopoeia Definition- the word is the sound.14
5433993398Onomatopoeia Example- BAM!! wham! SNAP!!!15
5434000910Hyperbole Definition- to make an exaggeration, an intentional overstatement for dramatic effect. - should be obvious.16
5434015613Hyperbole Example"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse."17
5434025198Litotes Definition- intentional understatement for ironic effect.18
5434025199Litotes Example- "The woman's singing was atrocious, heinous, and inexorably penetrating. It bothered me same."19
5434040792Irony Definition- words are meant to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.20
5434048345Irony Example- saying "oh wonderful" after failing an exam.21
5434057086Oxymoron Definition- words that have apparently contradictory meanings are placed near each other, usually to describe something.22
5434072341Oxymoron Example- "jumbo shrimp", "bittersweet".23
5434087266Dichotamous Definition- dual nature, can be shown through paradoxes & oxymorons.24
5434100763Rhetorical Question Definition- a question that expects no response, should be very obvious.25
5434117899Rhetorical Question Example- "Do I really look that dumb to you?"26
5434146470Paradox Definition- a statement that contradicts itself, is illogical, or defies intuition, yet still has some truth.27
5434161035Paradox Example- "I always lie."28
5434171804Apostrophe Definition- when a speaker breaks off & directs their exclamation to an imaginary thing or abstract concept.29
5434183297Apostophe Example- "Where O'Death, thy sting? Where, O'Death, thy victory?" (Paul in 1st Corinthians)30
5434204568Periphrasis Definition- substituting a description for a proper name.31
5434220864Periphrasis Example- Calling someone w/ red hair "carrot-top".32

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