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| 7286455176 | Hyperbole | extreme exaggeration | 0 | |
| 7286455177 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines | 1 | |
| 7286455178 | Irony/ironic | the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant | 2 | |
| 7286455179 | Foreshadowing | a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story | 3 | |
| 7286455180 | Metaphor | is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics | 4 | |
| 7286455181 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 5 | |
| 7286455182 | Asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words | 6 | |
| 7286455183 | assonance | Assonance takes place when two or more words, close to one another repeat the same vowel sound, but start with different consonant sounds. Example: "Men sell the wedding bells." | 7 | |
| 7286455184 | Aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. | 8 | |
| 7286455185 | anachronism | something out of place in time | 9 | |
| 7286455186 | Paradox | a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true | 10 | |
| 7286455187 | Metonymy | the word we use to describe another thing is closely linked to that particular thing, but is not a part of it. For example, "Crown" which means power or authority is a metonymy. "The White House is concerned about terrorism." The White House here represents the people who work in it. | 11 | |
| 7286455188 | Personification | Attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea | 12 | |
| 7286455189 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 13 | |
| 7286455190 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 14 | |
| 7310397829 | Oxymoron | an adjective proceeded by a noun with contrasting meanings, such as "cruel kindness," or "living death". | 15 |
