Metaphor- A comparison without using like or as - He was a lion, ready to pounce on the football and run ferociously, Simile- A comparison using like or as - Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get, Onomatopoeia- Sound words  - RRRRiinnnnggg, RRRRRrrrinnnggg, the telephone blared relentlessly into the silence., Personification- Giving an object the qualities of a person - The old car grumbled and protested as it started., Flashback- The writer shifts to an earlier time in the story - A woman, about to marry, suddenly remembers their first date when he said, "I'm going to marry you one day.", Foreshadowing- Hints the author gives of events to come - In the fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood, the mother is concerned for her daughter's safety., Hyperbole- An extreme exaggeration - I am so old that I ran track with the dinosaurs,

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