figures of speech

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similie
a comparison between two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'
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hyperbole
uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect
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alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
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metaphor
and expression that describes a person or object by referring to something that is considered to possess similar characteristics
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personification
giving human qualities to objects, animals, abstract notions
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onomatopoeia
a word that sounds like what it's describing
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uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect

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hyperbole

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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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and expression that describes a person or object by referring to something that is considered to possess similar characteristics

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Card 5

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giving human qualities to objects, animals, abstract notions

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