alliteration, repetition of a sound, particularly at the beginning of words, simile, compares one thing to something else, using words such as; like and as, metaphor, a direct comparison without using the words "like" or "as", personification, giving non-human objects, human characteristics, onomatopoeia, a word that mimics the sound of an object or action, hyperbole, using dramatic, forceful language to exaggerate the real situation, idiom, a commonly used expression that has acquired a meaning different from its literal meaning # break a leg, euphemism, using a mild or pleasant expression for one that is too strong or unpleasant # I'm going to have to let you go, oxymoron, a phrase made of two or more words that actually have opposite meanings # deafening silence.

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