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Comparing two things using like or as   Simile  
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Comparing two things without using like or as   Metaphor  
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Giving human traits to objects or ideas   Personification  
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Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect   Hyperbole  
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Using several words with the same first consonant sound   alliteration  
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I saying that isn't meant to be taken literally and doesn't mean what it says   Idiom  
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A word that imitates the sound   onomatopoeia  
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EX. the classroom is an icebox   metaphor  
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EX. I have to walk 50 miles between classes each day   hyperbole  
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EX.The rain made for a messy Monday morning   alliteration  
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EX. the director told the actress to break a leg   idiom  
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EX. I heard the swish of the ball in the net   onomatopoeia  
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EX. she never stops reading   hyperbole  
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EX. the West Wind whispered through the trees   Alliteration, personification  
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EX. it was is welcomed as rained the desert   simile  
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