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Anaphora
Uses a specific clause at the beginning of each sentence or point to make a statement
Assonance
Focuses on The vowel sounds in a phrase repeating them over and over to great effect
Hyperbole
An exaggeration
Irony
Using a word in its literal sense That debunks what has just been said
Metaphor
A comparison between two things without using like or as
Simile
Comparison using like or as
Metonymy
One word that has a very similar meaning for another word can be used for that word
Onomatopoeia
Boom KAPOW
Paradox
A figure of speech that completely contradicts itself in the same sentence
Personification
Giving an inanimate object human traits
Pun
A play on words that uses the different senses of the word and sounds to make a joke
Synecdoche
When one thing is meant to represent a whole
Example: ABC’s
Understatement
A situation in which the thing discussed is made to seem less important than it really is
Antithesis
This is a contradiction the pits to ideas is against each other
Euphemism
Words that are used to soften the message
Oxymoron
Two words that seem to contradict each other but don’t and are used as humor
Alliteration
Involves using words that begin with the same sound
