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Simile

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A comparison using "like" or "as"

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Metaphor

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A direct comparison between two unlike things

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Personification

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Giving human qualities to inanimate objects

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

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Alliteration

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that imitates the sound it represents

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Foreshadowing

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A warning or indication of a future event