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5874656229Simile Definition- comparison using "like" or "as", must be 2 unlike objects.0
5874656230Simile Example- "Trump is as orange as a cheeto."1
5874656231Personification Definition- gives human qualities to objects/non-living objects. - gives power to the thing being personified.2
5874656232Personification Example- "The painting spoke to me."3
5874656233Metaphor Definition- comparison of 2 unlike things by saying one thing is the other.4
5874656234Metaphor Example- "Her eyes were 2 bright stars in the heavens."5
5874656235Implied Metaphor Definition- comparing 2 unlike things by giving one the attributes of the other.6
5874656236Implied Metaphor Example- "His voice cascaded through the hallways." (rather than his voice was a cascade in the hallways)7
5874656237Metonymy Definition- an entity is referred to by one of it's associations.8
5874656238Metonymy 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
5874656239Synedoche Defnition- a part of something that is used to refer to the whole.10
5874656240Synedoche Example- Saying you bought a "new set of wheels" when you bought a car.11
5874656241Pun Definition- the use of a word that suggests two of it's meanings or the meaning of a homonym.12
5874656242Pun Example- "I would tell you a chemistry joke but all my good ones argon".13
5874656243Onomatopoeia Definition- the word is the sound.14
5874656244Onomatopoeia Example- BAM!! wham! SNAP!!!15
5874656245Hyperbole Definition- to make an exaggeration, an intentional overstatement for dramatic effect. - should be obvious.16
5874656246Hyperbole Example"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse."17
5874656247Litotes Definition- intentional understatement for ironic effect.18
5874656248Litotes Example- "The woman's singing was atrocious, heinous, and inexorably penetrating. It bothered me same."19
5874656249Irony Definition- words are meant to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.20
5874656250Irony Example- saying "oh wonderful" after failing an exam.21
5874656251Oxymoron Definition- words that have apparently contradictory meanings are placed near each other, usually to describe something.22
5874656252Oxymoron Example- "jumbo shrimp", "bittersweet".23
5874656253Dichotamous Definition- dual nature, can be shown through paradoxes & oxymorons.24
5874656254Rhetorical Question Definition- a question that expects no response, should be very obvious.25
5874656255Rhetorical Question Example- "Do I really look that dumb to you?"26
5874656256Paradox Definition- a statement that contradicts itself, is illogical, or defies intuition, yet still has some truth.27
5874656257Paradox Example- "I always lie."28
5874656258Apostrophe Definition- when a speaker breaks off & directs their exclamation to an imaginary thing or abstract concept.29
5874656259Apostophe Example- "Where O'Death, thy sting? Where, O'Death, thy victory?" (Paul in 1st Corinthians)30
5874656260Periphrasis Definition- substituting a description for a proper name.31
5874656261Periphrasis Example- Calling someone w/ red hair "carrot-top".32

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