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14817025324metaphorcompares two different things by speaking of one in terms of the other0
14817025325Onomatopoeiahe use of words whose pronunciation imitates the sound the word describes.1
14817027839Oxymorona figure of speech in which contradictory terms or ideas are combined2
14817027840Personificationa figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract concept is endowed with human attributes3
14817029851Paradoxa statement which seems self-contradictory, but which may be true in fact.4
14817032369Symbolsomething that stands for another thing; frequently an object used to represent an abstraction5
14817032370Tonea way of wording or expressing things that expresses an attitude; emotion attached to the writing6
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