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3556970421Alliterationrepeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other0
3556976734Assonancerepeated vowel sounds in words placed near each other1
3556989136Consonancerepeated consonant sounds at the ending of words placed near each other2
3556990624Cacophonya discordant series of harsh, unpleasant sounds help to convey disorder3
3556994060Onomatopoeiawords that sound like their meanings4
3556996311Allusiona brief reference to some person, historical event, work of art, or Biblical or mythological situation or character5
3557007201Analogya comparison, usually something unfamiliar with something familiar6
3557008871Apostrophespeaking directly to a real or imagined listener or inanimate object; addressing that person or thing by name7
3557017700Connotationthe emotional, psychological or social overtones of a word8
3557020102Denotationthe dictionary definition or a word9
3557023633Ironya contradictory statement or situation to reveal a reality different from what appears to be true10
3557025795Metaphora direct comparison between two unlike things11
3557040003Oxymorona combination of two words that appear to contradict each other12
3557045108Paradoxa statement in which seeming contradiction may reveal an unexpected truth13
3557049165PersonificationAttributing human characters to an inanimate object, animal, or abstract idea14
3557056458PunWord play in which words with totally different meanings have similar or identical sounds15
3557058766Similea direct comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"16
3557063333Symbolan ordinary object, event, animal, or person to which we attacked extraordinary meaning and significance17
3557068540Synecdocheindicating a person, object, etc. by letting only a certain part represent the whole18
3557075617Hyperbolean outrageous exaggeration used for effect19

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