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Sure! Here’s a simplified breakdown of figures of speech:

Simile: Comparing two things using “like” or “as.” Example: “She runs like the wind.”
Metaphor: Comparing two things without using “like” or “as.” Example: “He is a shining star.”
Personification: Giving human qualities to non-human things. Example: “The flowers danced in the breeze.”
Understatement: Downplaying the importance or severity of something. Example: “It’s just a scratch.”
Hyperbole: Exaggerating for emphasis or dramatic effect. Example: “I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse.”
Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate sounds. Example: “Buzz,” “crash,” “sizzle.”
Oxymoron: Combining contradictory terms. Example: “Jumbo shrimp.”
Palindrome: A word or phrase that reads the same forwards and backwards. Example: “Madam” or “racecar.”
Assonance: Repetition of vowel sounds. Example: “The cat sat on the mat.”
Consonance: Repetition of consonant sounds. Example: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”
Alliteration: Repetition of initial consonant sounds. Example: “Sally sells seashells by the seashore.”
Irony: A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. Example: A fire station burning down.
Sarcasm: Using irony to mock or ridicule. Example: “Oh, great. Another meeting.”
Paradox: A statement that seems contradictory but may be true. Example: “I can resist anything but temptation.”
Metonymy: Using a word to represent something closely associated with it. Example: “The pen is mightier than the sword.”
Synecdoche: Using a part to represent the whole or vice versa. Example: “All hands on deck.”
Euphemism: Substituting a mild or indirect word for a harsh or blunt one. Example: “He passed away” instead of “He died.”
Litotes: Understatement by using a negative to express a positive. Example: “She’s not bad-looking.”
Pun: A play on words with multiple meanings or similar sounds. Example: “I used to be a baker, but I couldn’t make enough dough.”
Double entendre: A phrase with two meanings, often one innocent and one suggestive. Example: “That’s a hard nut to crack.”
Allusion: A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of literature. Example: “He’s a real Romeo with the ladies.”
Allegory: A story or poem with a hidden meaning or moral lesson. Example: “Animal Farm” by George Orwell.
Anaphora: Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. Example: “I have a dream…”
Epiphora: Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences. Example: “Love is patient, love is kind, love is forgiving.”
Apostrophe: Addressing an absent or imaginary person or thing. Example: “Oh, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?”
Rhetorical question: A question asked for effect or to make a point, not to elicit an answer. Example: “Can’t you do anything right?”
Antithesis: Contrasting ideas or words placed side by side for emphasis. Example: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
Parallelism: Using similar grammatical structures or patterns for balance and rhythm. Example: “Easy come, easy go.”

I hope this simplified breakdown helps!

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