applying human traits to animals and things or ideas
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Comparison of characteristics of two different things using like or as.
The stock market is like a roller coaster ride--up and down.
The sign reads:
Education:
The inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent.
Alliteration
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
Alliteration
Words used that have a different meaning than the literal meaning.
“ You can’t tell a book by its cover.” Meaning: You can’t know a person by their looks alone.
“I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it.”
Meaning: I’ll deal with that when the time comes.
“Don’t burn your bridges.”
Meaning: Don’t alienate people that can help you, or don’t cut off your connections to opportunities.
“highway robbery” meaning charging too much i.e. Some credit card interest rates are highway robbery.
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