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    This document defines and provides examples of 10 common figures of speech: alliteration, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, simile, metonymy, onomatopoeia, paradox, personification, and oxymoron. Alliteration uses words that start with the same sound, hyperbole uses exaggeration, and irony conveys the opposite meaning of what is said. Metaphors and similes make comparisons using like/as or without. Metonymy substitutes a similar word, onomatopoeia mimics sounds, and paradoxes contradict themselves. Personification attributes human qualities to non-living things, while oxymorons combine contradictory terms.

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    This document defines and provides examples of 10 common figures of speech: alliteration, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, simile, metonymy, onomatopoeia, paradox, personification, and oxymoron. Alliteration uses words that start with the same sound, hyperbole uses exaggeration, and irony conveys the opposite meaning of what is said. Metaphors and similes make comparisons using like/as or without. Metonymy substitutes a similar word, onomatopoeia mimics sounds, and paradoxes contradict themselves. Personification attributes human qualities to non-living things, while oxymorons combine contradictory terms.

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    Figures of Speech

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    This document defines and provides examples of 10 common figures of speech: alliteration, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, simile, metonymy, onomatopoeia, paradox, personification, and oxymoron. Alliteration uses words that start with the same sound, hyperbole uses exaggeration, and irony conveys the opposite meaning of what is said. Metaphors and similes make comparisons using like/as or without. Metonymy substitutes a similar word, onomatopoeia mimics sounds, and paradoxes contradict themselves. Personification attributes human qualities to non-living things, while oxymorons combine contradictory terms.

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    Figures of Speech

    1. Alliteration. Involves using words that begin with the same sound.
    (Sia Sells Sea shells on the sea shore)
    2. Hyperbole. Exaggerated expressions
    (I could eat mountain of chocolate, I love you to the moon and back)
    3. Irony. the use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite of what is actually
    said. (a fire station burns down)
    4. Metaphor. Direct comparison WITHOUT using like or as (She is flower)
    5. Simile. Two things are compared and it uses like, as, etc (She is like a flower)
    6. Metonymy. One word that has a very similar meaning can be used for another
    (Crown-king, cross-Christ)
    7. Onomatopoeia. Word that actually sounds like what it means
    (bow-wow, meow, oink)
    8. Paradox. Contradicts itself in the same sentence (War is peace)
    9. Personification. giving an inanimate object the qualities of a living thing
    (The candle is crying, The sun smiled down on us)
    10. Oxymoron. Puts two words together that seem to contradict each other (silent yell,
    Friendly fight, climb down)

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