hyperbole - exaggeration: I'm starving., paradox - contradictory statement: the more you give, the more you get, metaphor - comparison between 2 unrelated things: time is money, simile - comparison using "like" or "as": slept like a log, allusion - reference to another thing: Her smile is like kryptonite to me., aphorism - a short saying that observes a general truth: Pride goes before a fall, alliteration - repetition of consonant sounds in nearby words: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, oxymoron - contradiction in terms: freezer burn, virtual reality, onomatopoeia - words that sound like their meaning: whoosh, whisper, splash , idiom - a saying that is understood by its whole meaning, not the individual words: catch some Zs, piece of cake,

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