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Similie
A comparison using like or an
Metaphor
A comparison it states that one object is something else
Personification
Giving life it human characteristics to inanimate object
Apostrophe
Addressing a directly inanimate object as if it were alive or if a he or she was were present
Onomatopoeia
The sound of a word suits the meaning
Alliteration
Two or more consecutive words each starting with the same sound
Symbol
When one thing has more than one meaning or represents something else
Metonymy
Referring to the accompaniment of a thing rather than the thing itself
Synecdoche
Where a part is used to represent a whole
Rhetorical question
Asking in such a way that the answer is obvious and doesn’t need to be answered
Euphemism
Calling an unpleasant thing by a pleasant name
Hyperbole
Deliberate exaggeration
Understatement
The deliberate down playing of some fact or opinion
Oxymoron
Contradicting ideas used to express one meaning
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds in a line