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Figures of Speech
Wordplay
Basic Terms
Comparisons
Contradictions
100
A play on words, usually for a comic reception
What is a pun
100
A basic contradiction, like "exact estimate" or "clearly confused"
What is an oxymoron
200
A phrase that doesn't really mean what it says to illustrate a point, like "chip off the old block" or "two birds with one stone"
What is an idiom
200
Giving an inanimate object human like qualities or emotions
What is personification
300
A word that sounds how it's spelled; a word for a sound
What is onomatopoeia
400
A situation that leads contradiction that defies logic or reason, but sometimes holds truth
What is a paradox