Simile - Makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things using the words “like” or “as.”, Metaphor - One thing is compared to another by stating they share the same qualities., Idiom - Are phrases that are not meant to be taken literally but that have a widely understood meaning in a given language or culture., Onomatopeia - Uses the letter sounds of a word to imitate the natural sound emitted from an object or action., Personification - Gives human characteristics to nonhuman things or inanimate objects., Hyperbole - A rhetorical and literary technique where an author or speaker intentionally uses exaggeration and overstatement for emphasis and effect., Oxymoron - Is a figure of speech that combines contradictory words with opposing meanings., Symbolism - Is the use of words or images to symbolize specific concepts, people, objects, or events., Alliteration - Is the repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words in succession whose purpose is to provide an audible pulse that gives a piece of writing a lulling, lyrical, and/or emotive effect., Allusion - An implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text., Assonance - The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or verse., Consonance - Is a stylistic literary device identified by the repetition of identical or similar consonants in neighboring words whose vowel sounds are different, Tautology - A statement that repeats an idea, using near-synonymous morphemes, words or phrases, effectively "saying the same thing twice"., Cliché/Slang - A scenario or expression that is used excessively, to the point that it is considered unoriginal., Imagery - Is visual symbolism, or figurative language that evokes a mental image or other kinds of sense impressions, especially in a literary work,

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