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| Simile | figures of speech that compares two unlike things, using the words like or as |
| Alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech that compares two unlike things directly, without the use of like or as |
| Personification | assigning human qualities to non-human things |
| Onomatopoeia | words that imitate sounds |
| Hyperbole | an expression of exaggeration |
| Pun | words with a humorous double meaning, a "play on words" |
| Idiom | expressions that have a meaning apart from the meanings of the individual words |
| Allusion | A reference to a famous figure, text, or event |
| Anaphora | The repetition of words or phrases often with a slight variation |
| Assonance | The repetition of a similar vowel sound |
| Euphemism | A polite, respectful word or phrase that replaces an offensive or harsh statement. |
| Imagery | Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses |
| Irony (verbal) | sarcasm; the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really want to say, especially in order to insult someone |
| Irony (situational) | when the opposite of what one would expect happens |
| Irony (dramatic) | a secret only the audience knows and the character does not |
| Oxymoron | Two words with opposite meanings coming together |
| Paradox | seems to contradict itself, but which, upon further examination, contains some kernel of truth or reason. |
| Repetition | The use, more than once, of any element of language – a sound, a word, a phrase, a clause, or a sentence. |
| Rhyme | Word endings that sounds alike (internal is within the same line) |
| Refrain | a device characterized by the repetition of a word, phrase, line, or entire verse within a poem |
| Irony | in literature is a situation where there is a contrast between reality and expectations (3 types) |
| Consonance | a literary device that repeats the same consonant sounds in adjacent or nearby words |
| Symbolism | a literary device in which a writer uses one thing—usually a physical object or phenomenon—to represent something more abstract |
