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Pun
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A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings
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Personification
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A figure of speech in which an inanimated object or abstraction is given human qualities or abilities
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Onomatopoeia
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The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to
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Hyperbole
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A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect.
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Euphemism
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The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive
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Repetition
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The act or process or an instance of repeating or being repeated
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Cliche
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A trite or overused expression or idea.
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Jargon
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A characteristic language of a particular group.
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Rhetorical Question
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A question that does not reqiure an answer.
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Imperative
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Expressing a command or plea
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Slang
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Use slang or vulgar language
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Colloquial Language
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Characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.
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Alliteration
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Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
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Metaphor
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A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
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Simile
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A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds
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