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| 4139552855 | metaphor | when a word/phrase is not literally applicable ex. my brother was boiling mad | 0 | |
| 4139555738 | apostrophe | speaking to something that can't respond | 1 | |
| 4139942835 | Pun | a joke exploiting the possible different meanings of a word ex. a horse is a stable animal | 2 | |
| 4139947549 | anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of sentences. ex. this is... this is... this is... | 3 | |
| 4139955567 | juxtaposition | comparing two ideas to develop contrasts ex. it was the best of times, it was the worst of times | 4 | |
| 4139959360 | oxymoron | two opposite ideas together ex. jumbo shrimp, open secret | 5 | |
| 4139963170 | synecdoche | when a part of something represents a whole, vice versa ex. Southeast Polk won first place | 6 | |
| 4139968409 | Zeugma | blending together grammatically and logically different ideas ex. she broke my playstation and my heart | 7 | |
| 4139973879 | Metonymy | figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else that it is closely associated with ex. the pen is mightier than the sword | 8 | |
| 4140112208 | irony | when words are used where their intended meaning is different from their actual meaning ex. the name of the big dog was Tiny | 9 | |
| 4140119545 | assonance | two or more words repeat the same vowel sound ex. men sell the wedding bells | 10 | |
| 4140122100 | consonance | repeating beginning letters in a sentence or phrase ex. she ate seven sandwiches | 11 | |
| 4140124493 | euphemism | polite expresssions which replace words that are considered harsh ex. she passed away instead of she died | 12 | |
| 4140133509 | parallelism | use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same ex. like father, like son | 13 |
