ugh figures of speech (language)

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simile

A comparison between two objects usually using the words like as or than example her tears flow like a river down her face

syncedOUCHE

when part of something to represent a whole example all hands on deck in this case a part of a person hands are used to represent a whole person

oxymoron

when there seems to be a contract diction between two words when they are put together example jumbo shrimp pretty, ugly

pun

The humoruos use of a word to suggest different meanings of words of the same sounds and different meanings example I am indeed sir a surgeon to old shoe when they are great danger i recover them

metaphor

an implied comparison between two seemingly unlike things example the rose petal was a drop of blood on the ground

hyperboel

deliberate exaggeration used for either serious or comic effect example he ran lightning fast

personification

giving in animate objects animals or ideas human qualities or. abilities example of the pan danced across my paper when I was writing my essay

paradox

similar to oxymoron with more words

allusion

A reference to a person place or event outside of the work in which it appears


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