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Stack #4680913
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Simile | a figure of speech that directly compares two different things to create a vivid image or emphasis, typically using the connecting words "like," "as," or "than" |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech that directly compares two unrelated things by stating one is the other, |
| Hyperbole | a figure of speech that uses extreme, deliberate exaggeration to emphasize a point, evoke strong emotions, or add humor |
| Personification | a literary device and figure of speech that attributes human qualities, emotions, or actions to inanimate objects, animals, or abstract concepts |
| Pun | is a form of wordplay that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. |
| Alliteration | the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words or syllables in close proximity, such as "busy buzzing bees" |
| onomatopoeia | the formation or use of words that phonetically imitate, resemble, or suggest the sound they describe |
| idiom | a phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the literal definition of its individual words. |