A figure of speech in which one thing is directly compared to another without using words like '' as'' or ''like''
Metaphor
... compares two different things using the words ''like'' or ''as''
Simile
A rhetorical device in which a word or group of words is repeated at the beginning of sentence
Anaphora
A figure of speech in which 2 opposite or contradictory words are combined
Oxymoron
Every day,every night, in every way I am getting better and better.
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Anaphora is used
Her smile is as bright as the sun.
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Simile is used
A figure of speech wher a mild,polite or indirect words are used insted of harsh ,unpleasent
Euphemism
Repitition of similar sounds in the final stressed syllables of words,usually at the end of lines:
worm-swarm
Rhyme
A figure of speech that uses extreme exagerration to emphasize a point
Hyperbole
A figure of speech in which aword imitates the natural sounds.
Onomatopoeia
A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is replaced with another
Metonomy
A figure of speech where something simple is expressed in a longer indirect ways
Periphrasis
You are lucky
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This bag weighs a ton.
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Hyperbole is used
Omission of words undertood from context.
Ellipsis
A stylistic device in which the normal word order of a sentence is deliberately changed to create emphasis and expressiveness
Inversion
She is smart , kind and honest.
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Parallel construction is used.
Using many conjuctions-...
Polysynditon
To err is human, to forgive , divine.
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Antithesis is used
Using contrasting concept or ideas
Antithesis