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Figures of Speech

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Figurative speech including: similie; metaphor; alliteration; assonance; personification; onomatopoeia; hyperbole
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Figures of Speech
  1. Simile
    1. Compares two things that are alike
      1. LIKE or AS
        1. "Cute as a button"
    2. Metaphor
      1. Compares two unlike things
        1. Provide clearer description
          1. "On the wings of wind"
      2. Alliteration
        1. Two or more words in a row starting with the same sounds
          1. "a peck of pickled peppers."
        2. Assonance
          1. Repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in neighboring words
            1. "I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless." (Thin Lizzy, "With Love")
          2. Personification
            1. giving human characteristics to non-living things or ideas
              1. "Oreo: Milk’s favorite cookie."
            2. Onomatopoeia
              1. A poetic structure of words to convey how something sounds
                1. "Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime"
              2. Hyperbole
                1. A description that is exaggerated for emphasis
                  1. "I could sleep for a year"

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