| A | B |
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| 17. Connotation – the suggested meaning of a word; emotional overtones of the word | 17. Rain brings sorrowful memories of her grandmother, who passed away last year. |
| 18. Alliteration – repetition of initial consonant sounds | 18. Caring cats cascade off. Laughing llamas lounging. |
| 19. Euphony – smooth, soft-sounding words | 19. Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness |
| 20. Cacophony – unpleasant, rough sounding sounds | 20. Fiery burns of charbroiled dead cow sizzled on the grill. |
| 21. Onomatopoeia – words whose sounds imitate natural sound | 21. Honk, slap, clatter, zoom, zap, squeak, screech, etc. |
| 22. Figure of speech – a word or phrase that describes something in a way that’s not really true; idiom | 22. we were racking our brains trying to study for the final exam. |
| 23. Hyperbole – extreme exaggeration for effect | 23. When she takes off her make-up, I can hardly recognize her! |
| 24. Irony – an unexpected twist; the contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually occurs | 24. An old man turned ninety-eight. He won the lottery and died the next day. |
| 25. Metaphor – a comparison of 2 things with a common quality without using “like” or “as” | 25. I am pocket lint, warm and fuzzy. You will se me with things like money. I’m not that rich and I’m not that tall. But you will always see I’m friends with all. |
