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| 7234561377 | Alliteration- The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of the consecutive words or syllables | Example-Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers |  | 0 |
| 7234562510 | Allusion- An indirect reference, often to another test or historic event | Example- The saying " He is a real romeo with the ladies" |  | 1 |
| 7234563374 | Analogy- An extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things | Example- Butterfly wings and bat wings |  | 2 |
| 7234563378 | Anecdote - A short account of an interesting event | Example- I went to comic con and i saw a lot of deadpools dancing and being goofy. |  | 3 |
| 7234564390 | Aphorism- A short, astute statement of a general truth | Example- There's no time like the present |  | 4 |
| 7234564391 | Assumption- A belief or statement taken for granted without proof | Example- An owner blames his dog for breaking a glass vase without really knowing if it was the dog or not | 5 | |
| 7234567909 | Bias- Prejudice or predisposition toward one one side of a subject or issue of a text | Example- When a person reads review on a an item and sees it all bad review, therefore does not buy the item | 6 | |
| 7234568511 | Epigram- A belief witty statement | Example- "The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on; it is never any uses to oneself"- Oscar Wilde |  | 7 |
| 7234568512 | Hyperbole- Exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis | Example- I'm so hungry, I can eat a horse |  | 8 |
| 7234569437 | Juxtaposition- Placement of two things side by side for emphasis | Example- Having two billboards side by side one about eating healthy and one about eating fast food |  | 9 |
| 7234569438 | Metaphor- A figure of speech or trope through which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else, thus making an implicit comparison | Example- Friendship are diamonds and Memories are pearls |  | 10 |
| 7234570656 | Metonymy- Use of an aspect of something to represent the whole | Example- The white house declared war against another country | 11 | |
| 7234572237 | Oxymoron- A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms | Example- A jumbo shrimp |  | 12 |
| 7234572238 | Paradox- A statement that seems contradictory but it actually true | Example- I am nobody |  | 13 |
| 7234573034 | Personification- Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects | Example- The fire danced in the dark. |  | 14 |
| 7234573514 | Rhetorical Question- A question asked more to produce an effect than to summon an answer | Example- Are you crazy? |  | 15 |
| 7234573515 | Simile- A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare things | Example- Her eyes shine like the stars |  | 16 |
| 7234574530 | Understatement- Lack of emphasis in a statement or point, restraint in language often used for ironic effect | Example- *While the titanic ship is sinking* Someone says " I think there's a leak" |  | 17 |
