English, 09.07.2019 15:30, gabrielolivas59

Match the word to its correct meaning. 1. simile the use of human characteristics to describe ideas or inanimate objects 2. oxymoron combination of two words that seem to be contradictory 3. anaphora repetition of a word or phrase at the start of a series of clauses 4. personification longer phrase or paragraph describing a seeming contradiction 5. paradox an indirect comparison between two things using “like” or “as”

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