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5887686556SimileComparison using "like" or "as"0
5887687399MetaphorA comparison-stating 2 different things are the same without like or as1
5887691372ApostropheTalking to an absent person or inanimate object2
5887693509CacophonousHarsh sounding constance's "c,t,k"3
5887695309EuphoniousNice sounded "l,m,s"4
5887699114AlliterationsRepetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words5
5887701097ConsonanceRepetition of consonant sounds at different parts of words6
5887704956OnomatopoeiaWords whose sounds suggest there meaning7
5887705721AssonanceRepetition of vowel sounds; words don't have to rhyme8
5887706836Internal RhymeRhyming words (tame;shame) within the same line9
5887708347SatireThe use of irony or ridicule in exposing vice, folly, etc.10
5887710059ElegyPoem or lament for the dead11
5887710896HyperboleAn exaggeration, opposite of understatement12
5887712496EpigramShort, witty statement13
5887713339SyntaxWord order14
5887714111English Sonnetabab, cdcd, efef, gg15
5887715923OdeLength: 3 part structure, lyric (song), experssing happiness, joy16
5887718773BalladA narrative refrain (tells story)17
5887720550OxymoronTwo opposing words placed next to each other (Jumbo Shrimp)18
5887722991PersonificationGive human qualities to an inanimate object19
5887725315PunPlay on words20
5887726238AllegoryStory in which characters represent abtract ideas or concepts21
5887729180AntithesisParallel structure (same syntax) convey opposite ideas22
5887731140ParadoxTwo statements that contradict on the surface but make sense underneath23
5887733729JuxtapositionThe placement of two things- visually conflicting-next to each other24
5887735107SynecdocheWhen a part represents a whole or a whole represents a part25
5887736714Rhetorical QuestionA question posed without an expected or response26
5887737960MetonymyWhen some object related to a noun represents the noun27

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