HYPERBOLE - extreme exaggeration used to make a point, add humor, or stress an idea, OXYMORON - a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory (or opposite) terms appear next to each other, ALLITERATION - the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely-connected words, PUN - a play on words; an exploitation of the different possible meanings of a word, or a play on different words which sound the same, SIMILE - a comparison made between two things with the use of connective words such as "like" or "as", METAPHOR - a direct comparison made between two unlike things that actually have something important in common, PERSONIFICATION - a figure of speech in which an inanimate object, abstract idea, or animal is given human abilities or characteristics, ONOMATOPOEIA - the use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer, ALLUSION - a brief reference to a famous person, place, idea, or thing of literary, cultural, political, or historical significance, IDIOM - an expression used by a particular group of people with a meaning that is only known through common use,

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