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Alliteration
Shelly sells sea shells by the sea shore. It's alliteration because the the consonat sounds are neigboring at the beginning.

Allusion
I went to the art museum and saw the Mona Lisa. It's an allusion because I am using a reference to a famous place and thing.

It rained cats and dogs all day! This is an hyperbole because it is an exaggeration, it is not really raining cats and dogs.

I am going to bang my head against a brick wall! This is an idiom because this phrase can not be taken literally, I am not going to bang my head off a brick wall this just means i am going crazy.

Your walking down the street and see a penny, you decide that you will not pick it up as you dont see what good a penny will do, you get on your bus to go home and find your a penny short for the fare. This is irony because the outcome is the opposite of what you expected, you didn't think that the penny would bring you any luck but once you got on the bus you knew that it could have help you.

Metaphor
The assignment was a breeze.

This is a metaphor because it is being compared to something without using the words like or as.

If you get this message call me; if you don't, then don't worry about it. This is a paradox because it is contradicting itself by saying, don't call if you don't get this message, but they are going to because you are saying that in a message to them.

He did not realize that his last chance was walking out the door.
This is an example of personificatio because chance can not walk out the door.

Political cartoons in magazines and newspapers

These are examples of satire because they are making fun of human weaknesses

My love for you is as deep as the ocean.

This is an example of a simile because they are using like or as to compare two objects.

A peace sign. A peace sign in an example of a symbol because it represents or stands for something.

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