Figures Of Speech

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FlashCards sobre Figures Of Speech, criado por Frankie Ped em 14-02-2017.
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Questão Responda
Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds
Alliteration Repetition of the same sound at beginning of words
Hyperbole Gross exaggeration 
Irony Saying the opposite of what is meant
Metaphor Comparison without the use of as or like
Simile Comparison with the use of as or like
Metonymy one word that has a very similar meaning can be used for another
Onomatopoeia word that sounds like what it means
Paradox contradiction within the same sentence
Personification giving human qualities to inanimate objects
Pun play on words
Synecdoche one thing is meant to represent the whole
Understatement the thing discussed is made to seem much less important than it really is
Antithesis contradiction that pits two ideas against each other in a balanced way
Euphemism Words that are used to soften the message 
Oxymoron puts two words together that seem to contradict each other

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