Metaphor- A comparison between two unlike things without using like or as, He was a lion, ready to pounce on the football and run ferociously, Simile- A comparison between two unlike things using like or as, Life is like a box of cherries, you never know what you're going to get, Repetition- When the author repeats words and phrases to add emphasis, Shake it off, shake it off!, Imagery- Phrases that evoke one of the five senses, taste, touch, smell, hear or see, The rotting garbage had an acrid smell and flies swarmed to it., Irony-When you expect something to happen and the opposite occurs, The tortoise won the race and the fast hare lost., Symbolism- When the author uses a person, place or thing to represent an idea., The author used a dog, Old Yeller to represent loyalty and friendship., Foreshadowing- Hints the author gives of events to come, In the fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood, the mother is concerned for her daughter's safety., Hyperbole- An extreme exaggeration, I am so old, I ran track with the dinosaurs
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