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An expression contradictory in meaning yet readily understood such as "awfully good" or "important trivia."
"Act naturally," "Bitter sweet," "Exact estimate" |
oxymoron
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It is the use of words whose sound suggests the meaning (words that imitate sounds).
"bang", "click", "fizz", "hush" or "buzz" "The sea was moaning and sighing and saying, "Hush."" |
onomatopoeia
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Generalization about a human experience.
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." "Don't bite off more than you can chew." |
proverbs
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Using similar words to the intended ones, but using it the wrong way.
"He is the very pineapple of politeness." (i.e., pinnacle) |
malapropism
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Sound effects with the repeating of the same syllable.
"Lulu," "baabaa." |
tautonymic expressions
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Repetition of same consonant sound at the beginning of several words or accented syllables.
"Peter Pan" "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." "The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, the furrow followed free." |
alliteration
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Repetition of same vowel sound in a series of syllables.
"Lou's two new cows do choose to use A "Moo moo" mood to view Hugh's ewes. "In the back of my mind to guide me." |
assonance
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Repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words although vowels preceeding them differ. e.g., strokes and luck, have "k" sound.
"When flitting flies flutter fast Toad flicks a lick as they fly past." |
consonance
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Some words may be thought of as small poems within themselves since they have inner rhyme.
"the grains beyond age, the dark veins of her mother" Dylan Thomas |
inner rhyme
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