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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as | simile |
| comparison of 2 unlike things without using like or as saying 1 thing is somthing else | metaphor |
| Giving human characteristics to somthing that is not a human | personification |
| Extreme exaggeration | hyperbole |
| a "play" on words intended to be funny | pun |
| repitation in 2 or more nearby words of intial constant sounds (SOUNDS NOT LETTERS) | alliteration |
| The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named | onomatopoeia |
| a referance, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with wich the reader is is persumably familiar | allusion |
| a phrasre whoses non literal meaning that must be applied | idiom |
| an unexpected outcome | irony |