simile, comparing two things using like or as, metaphor, comparing two things without using like or as, hyperbole, extreme exaggeration, onomotopoeia, a word that mimics the sound something makes, personification, giving human traits to non-human things, alliteration, repetition of beginning consonant sounds, imagery, using visual descriptions, allusion, a reference to something most people are familiar with, irony, the opposite of what's expected, foreshadowing, hint of what's going to happen, oxymoron, two words with opposite meanings that work together to name something, paradox, a phrase that contradicts itself but can still be true

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