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A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind
Simile
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A figure of speech in which a word or a phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
Metaphor
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The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human.
Personification
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A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
Oxymoron
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Visually descriptive or figurative language
Imagery
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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Alliteration
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The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
Onomatopoeia
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A figure of speech in which a word or a phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

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The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human.

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

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Visually descriptive or figurative language

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