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1
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allusion

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reference to famous event, person, or text

2
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hyperbole

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deliberate exaggeration; only works if audience too is aware that exaggeration is intentional

3
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irony

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gap between expectation and reality

4
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metaphor

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implied analogy comparing two objects, alike in some way

5
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metonymy

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trope which substitutes one word/image for another word/image it suggests

6
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personification

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turns inanimate object into animate object with thoughts, feelings, etc; turns object into person

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rhetorical question

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question posed by reader but not meant to be answered; used for emphasis or provocation

8
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simile

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expressed analogy using words like or as

9
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synechdoche

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form of metonymy; uses a part to represent the whole