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100

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

Answer: This is Alliteration.   

100

Ex: Alexander The Great. 

Answer: This is an Epithet. 

100

Ex: "Zebra is to stripes as giraffe is to spots".

Answer: Analogy.

100

Definition: When the speaker addresses a person or object that is unable to respond.

Answer: Apostrophe. 

100

Ex: "Nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof."

Answer: Cliche.

200

Definition: An indirect or passing reference of another person or work in literature.   

Answer: It's an Allusions.

200

Ex: "She's got some meat on her bones."

Answer: Euphemism.

200

Definition: A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as." 

Answer: Metaphor.

200

Definition: A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as."  

Answer: Simile  

200

Ex: The horse's hoofs went click-clack on the trail. 

Answer: Onomatopoeia. 

300

Definition: Exaggerated statements or claims not mean't to be taken literally. 

Answer: Hyperbole.

300
Ex: The car complained as the key was roughly turned in it's ignition. 

Answer: Personification

300

Definition: A joke exploited the different possible meanings of the word. A play on words. 

Answer: Pun 

300

Definition: A comparison of two unlike things without using "like or "as". 

Answer: Metaphor 

300

Ex: "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. 

Answer: Rhyme

400

Definition: A phrase not mean't to be taken literally. 

Answer: Idiom

400

Ex: Gary's giraffe gobbled gooseberries greedily, getting good at grabbing goodies! 

Answer: Alliteration.  

400

Ex: Potato chips are my diet's Achilles heel. 

Answer: Allusion

400
Definition: Giving human qualities to non-living things.  

Answer: Personification 

400

Ex: The joke was awfully funny.

Answer: Oxymoron

600

Definition: Occurs when opposite ideas are joined together to create an effect. 

Answer: This is an oxymoron.

600

Ex: Truth is honey which is bitter. 

Answer: Paradox. 

600

Definition: Giving human qualities to non-human things. 

Answer: Anthropomorphism. 

600
Definition: A contradictory phrase that could be true. 

Answer: Paradox

600

Ex: Lets taco bout it. 

Answer: Pun

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