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Figurative language
Identify poetry quotes
112
English
12th Grade
11/22/2006

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Address your questions to the podium.
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Metonymy
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I watch the time as I rhyme.
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Assonance
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Two times the bell tolled.
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Alliteration
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The attack was a form of organized madness.
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Oxymoron
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Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
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Synedoche
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He was the Attila the Hun of the playground.
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Allusion
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I desire death as I wish to stay alive.
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Paradox
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The office called you down.
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Metonymy
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Children cried, horns blared, and voices shouted amid the chaos.
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Cacophony
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Her lie is like a knife through my heart.
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Simile
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The sky reddened as an evil omen to the sailors.
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Simile
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My heart is an open book.
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Metaphor
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This test was forged by Satan!
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Allusion/Hyperbole
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An honest man is a rare gem indeed
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Metaphor
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Spring danced its way out of winter.
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Personification
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I await with bated anticipation.
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Assonance
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She rinsed her hair off, leaving no trace of evidence.
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Metonymy
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The murky mist mesmerized them.
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Alliteration
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Hitler...where did you grow your evil heart?
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Apostrophe
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My love for you is infinite.
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Hyperbole
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He snapped to attention.
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Onomatopoeia
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I suffered from an army of fools.
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Hyperbole/Metaphor
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Dracula made a withdrawal.
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Euphemism
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Misty kissed him prissily.
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Assonance
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The sea was vengeful that day.
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Personification
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The tattered bridge filled him with despairing hope.
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Oxymoron
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The Native People of Canada were relocated.
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Euphemism
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The blade swished through the air.
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Onomatopoeia
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"Are we truly alone?" he asked the stars.
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Apostrophe
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He is a friend who must now be an enemy.
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Paradox
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Lightening glared, thunder sounded, the platform raised to the joy of the demented maniac at the screaming controls.
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Cacophony
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Teh comet, plunging into the atmosphere, certainly raised some eyebrows.
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Understatement
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It was convenient that he found the handhold just in time to save himself.
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Understatement
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Picking, knocking and smacking on the wall produced no results.
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Consonance
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I have a notion the ocean is a potion.
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Consonance/Metaphor/Assonance
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The raging, roaring, riotous mob was like a thing possessed by the Devil.
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Alliteration/Allusion/Simile
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He wiped his face off-and with an expression that was carved in granite, said, "You're being laid off."
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Metonymy/Metaphor/Euphemism
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Flags floating free
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Alliteration
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Cupid's arrow struck him
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Allusion
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Death, where is thy sting?
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Apostrophe
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Our echoes roll from soul to soul and grow for ever and ever.
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Assonance
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All day cows mooed and shrieked/Hollered and bellowed and wept.
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Cacophony
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Such weight and thick pink bulk...
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Consonance
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He must have weighed a ton.
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Hyperbole
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He is a dead duck.
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Metaphor
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The pen is mightier than the sword.
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Metonymy
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Ouch, buzz, snarl, groan
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Onomatopeia
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Glorious pain
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Oxymoron
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Pretty ugly
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Oxymoron
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Parental punishment is an expression of love.
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Paradox
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The wind whispered throughout the night.
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Personification
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My love is like a red, red rose.
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Simile
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All hands on deck.
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Synecdoche
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Her eyes sparkle with the glory of a thousand stars.
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Hyperbole
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The people in the crowd were lumped and bumped together.
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Consonance
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You shall be happier than he, yet not so happy.
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Paradox
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The sun rose up and sat on the hillside.
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Personification
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I love you as I love myself.
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Simile
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Parting is such happy sadness.
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Oxymoron
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He was the law in that part of the frontier.
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Metonymy
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The prisoner was subjected to some discomfort before he confessed.
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Understatement
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Soon the moon will rise in June.
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Assonance
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Oh wall, if only you could tell your story.
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Apostrophe
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The lamp burned her eyes.
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Metonymy
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He possessed a kind of ignorant wisdom.
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Oxymoron
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His passing was mentioned in the newspaper.
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Euphemism
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When he spoke, the students were all ears.
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Synedoche
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The fire crackled warmly.
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Onomatopoeia
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My love is like a rose.
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Simile
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Shakespeare, where is your voice to help me now?
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Apostrophe
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The rapids jumped, swirled, raged and howled.
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Cacophony
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Hickory, dickory, dock the mouse ran up the clock.
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Consonance
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My dreams are only clouds in the sky.
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Metaphor
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The sound buzzed in her ears.
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Onomatopoeia
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The child was a teenie, weenie meanie.
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Assonance
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The brash, beautiful brunette boldly stepped forward.
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Alliteration
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He has the wisdom of King Soloman.
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Allusion
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He was her knight in shining armor.
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Metaphor
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The moon gazed down upon them.
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Personification
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You shall live an eternity of shame.
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Hyperbole
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He both hated and loved her.
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Paradox
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She noted the global nuclear war in her daily planner.
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Understatement
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She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
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Alliteration
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Ther have been one thousand casualties in the war so far.
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Euphemism
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They crucified him at the job interview.
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Allusion
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The pot is boiling on the stove.
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Metonymy
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The grinding, shrieking, pounding of the factory was unbearable.
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Cacophony
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Dull, dark, dock
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Alliteration
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Twinkle, twinkle little star
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Assonance
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Gritstone, a-crumble!
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Cacophony
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Thick, dark gunk...
Definition
Consonance
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Snap, Crackle, Pop
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Onomatopoeia
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Smile O voluptuout cool-breathed earth!
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Apostrophe
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His soul stretched tight across the skies.
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Hyperbole
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Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
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Metaphor
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We owe allegiance to the crown.
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Metonymy
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O heavy lightness
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Oxymoron
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Feather of lead
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Oxymoron
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The child is father to the man.
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Paradox
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Nor shall Death brag thou wanderset in his shade.
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Personification
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There are one hundred heads of cattle!
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Synedoche
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Flags floating free
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Alliteration
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Six slithering snakes
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Alliteration
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Kat caught a cough.
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Alliteration
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He must have weighed a ton.
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Hyperbole
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Glorious pain
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Oxymoron
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Bitter sweet
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Oxymoron
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Jumbo shrimp
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Oxymoron
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I must be cruel only to be kind.
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Paradox
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He runs like a gazelle.
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Simile
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