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| A reference to a well known person, place, thing, or event |
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| A comparison of similar objects |
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| A brief story used to make a point |
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| A common word or phrase used while talking |
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| An overstatement; to emphasize to make a point |
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| To go back and explain an earlier event |
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| Hints as to what will happen next |
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| Words used in a special way that may be different from thetis literal meaning |
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| Words and phrases that mean the exact opposite |
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| putting two words etc. to make an often ironic meaning |
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| Words that make people feel something |
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| Comparing two things without like or as |
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| two words with different meanings put together for a special effect |
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| A statement that is true even though it doesn't seem so |
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| Repeating grammatical structure |
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| Giving a nonhuman thing human characteristics |
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| Using a word to give it a funny effect |
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| Praising to make feel bad |
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| Comparing using like or as |
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| words or phrases used when people talk to each other |
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| object used to represent an idea |
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| Parts that are used to represent a whole |
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| The opposite of exaggeration |
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