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simile
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic
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metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech that refers, for rhetorical effect, to one thing by mentioning another thing.
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conjunction
a word used to connect clauses or sentences.
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oxymoron
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
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alitteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
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A metaphor is a figure of speech that refers, for rhetorical effect, to one thing by mentioning another thing.

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metaphor

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a word used to connect clauses or sentences.

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a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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