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Figures of Speech ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Types of Figures of Speech ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
SIMILE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],like  as
METAPHOR ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
METAPHOR ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
ALLITERATION ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],repetition
ALLITERATION ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
ONOMATOPOEIA ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],sound
ONOMATOPOEIA ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
HYPERBOLE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],exaggeration overstatement
HYPERBOLE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],the shot heard round the world
Test Your Knowledge!
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
USE YOUR NOGGIN! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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