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Apostrophe |
Form of personification in which the absent or dead are spoken to as if present, and the inanimate as if animate. |
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Metaphor |
Is a comparison of two unlike things not using like or as Ex: Time is money |
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Pun |
Is a play on words that are either identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meaning Like when the cobbler told that dude that he repairs bad soles. |
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Simile |
Comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of the words like or as. Ex: You're as ugly as burnt corn |
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Oxymoron |
Form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression Ex: Sweet Sorrow, or Cold fire |
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Personification |
Metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstact ideas human characteristics |
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Paradox |
Occurs when the the elements of a statement contradict each other. Although the statement may appear illogical, impossible, or absurd, it turns out to have a coherent meaning that reveals a hidden truth Ex: she was whizzed into nothingness again, and nothingness was wonderful |
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Hyperbole |
Figure of speech, which involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis. |
