Onomatopoeia: the formation of a word by imitating a sound.
Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied tosomething to which it is not literally applicable in order tosuggest a resemblance.
Simile: a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, using "like" or "as".
Rhyme: identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of wordsor lines of verse.
Personification: the attribution of a personal nature or character toinanimate objects or abstract notions, especially as arhetorical figure.
Repetition: the act of repeating; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation.
Hyperbole: obvious and intentional exaggeration.
Alliteration: the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group.
Assonance: resemblance of sounds in vowels.
Imagery: appealing to something with your 5 senses.
Allusion: a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention ofsomething, either directly or by implication.
Allegory: a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning throughconcrete or material forms; figurative treatment of onesubject under the guise of another.
Understatement: the act or an instance of understanding, or representing in a weakor restrained way that is not borne out by the facts.
Irony: the use of words to convey a meaning that is the oppositeof its literal meaning.
Synecdoche: a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or thewhole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special.
Apostrophe: is a figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present and was able to reply.
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