simile, compare using like or as, metaphor, compare without using like or as, personification, giving human traits to non-human things, hyperbole, Exaggeration for emphasis or effect, imagery, descriptive language that appeals to the senses, alliteration, repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words, onomatopoeia, words that imitate the sound they represent, symbolism, using symbols to represent ideas or qualities, irony, when the opposite of what is expected occurs, oxymoron, combining contradictory terms

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