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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