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Give an example of a simile
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Is the sky blue? - Is an example of a
rhetorical question
What is personification?
Giving traits to non-living objects
"She came, she saw, she conquered" is an example of ________
parallelism
"You are not wrong." is an example of ___
litotes
What is repetition?
using the same word or phrase multiple times
What is a simile?
a comparison using like or as
What is hyperbole?
an extreme exaggeration
What is a metaphor?
a comparison between two things that does NOT use like or as
What is a rhetorical question?
Questions that are not meant to be answered.
"Her smile was a ray of sunshine" is an example of a _____
metaphor
"Every day, every night, every moment, we will remember" is an example of ______
anaphora
What is anaphora?
repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences
What is irony?
involves a contrast between appearance and reality, often where the opposite of what is expected happens.
"The firefighter's house burned down" is an example of ___
irony
What is litotes?
uses understatement to emphasize a point by negating its opposite
