front 1 oxymoron | back 1 a figure of speech where two opposite things appear together to make a new meaning |
front 2 idiom | back 2 a well-known saying or expression that is used to emphasize a point |
front 3 irony | back 3 when what is said or done is the opposite of what's expected/intended |
front 4 simile | back 4 a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as |
front 5 hyperbole | back 5 an extreme exaggeration |
front 6 alliteration | back 6 the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words that are at the beginning of the words |
front 7 personification | back 7 giving non-human things human qualities |
front 8 pun | back 8 a saying that is a play on words (joke) |
front 9 onomatopoeia | back 9 the process of making a word that uses the same sound it describes |
front 10 consonance | back 10 use of repeated consonant sounds within a word (not the first letter) |
front 11 assonance | back 11 use of repeated vowel sounds within words (loud owl shouts) |