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A lion roars beside a buzzing bee as a dark thundercloud towers overhead.

T	M	E	T	A	P	H	O	R	S	O	T
A	N	A	L	O	G	Y	N	A	O	X	J
P	H	F	N	N	U	P	O	I	N	Y	U
P	S	A	E	E	O	E	M	L	E	M	D
A	L	L	I	T	E	R	A	T	I	O	N
R	H	V	G	K	R	B	T	S	D	R	W
A	L	I	J	H	R	O	O	G	I	O	R
D	O	A	O	T	Y	L	P	R	O	N	Z
O	S	F	W	T	Q	E	O	C	M	H	T
X	S	I	M	I	L	E	E	N	I	V	A
C	E	U	P	H	E	M	I	S	M	P	X
D	M	B	E	I	X	Z	A	F	O	E	H

ALLITERATION
ANALOGY
EUPHEMISM
HYPERBOLE
IDIOM
METAPHOR
ONOMATOPOEIA
OXYMORON
PARADOX
SIMILE

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A simile compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as,' while a metaphor skips the comparison word and simply calls one thing the other. Hyperbole exaggerates past the truth on purpose, alliteration repeats a starting consonant, and an oxymoron yokes together two words that contradict each other.

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T	M	E	T	A	P	H	O	R	S	O	T
A	N	A	L	O	G	Y	N	A	O	X	J
P	H	F	N	N	U	P	O	I	N	Y	U
P	S	A	E	E	O	E	M	L	E	M	D
A	L	L	I	T	E	R	A	T	I	O	N
R	H	V	G	K	R	B	T	S	D	R	W
A	L	I	J	H	R	O	O	G	I	O	R
D	O	A	O	T	Y	L	P	R	O	N	Z
O	S	F	W	T	Q	E	O	C	M	H	T
X	S	I	M	I	L	E	E	N	I	V	A
C	E	U	P	H	E	M	I	S	M	P	X
D	M	B	E	I	X	Z	A	F	O	E	H

T	M	E	T	A	P	H	O	R	S	O	T
A	N	A	L	O	G	Y	N	A	O	X	J
P	H	F	N	N	U	P	O	I	N	Y	U
P	S	A	E	E	O	E	M	L	E	M	D
A	L	L	I	T	E	R	A	T	I	O	N
R	H	V	G	K	R	B	T	S	D	R	W
A	L	I	J	H	R	O	O	G	I	O	R
D	O	A	O	T	Y	L	P	R	O	N	Z
O	S	F	W	T	Q	E	O	C	M	H	T
X	S	I	M	I	L	E	E	N	I	V	A
C	E	U	P	H	E	M	I	S	M	P	X
D	M	B	E	I	X	Z	A	F	O	E	H

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T	M	E	T	A	P	H	O	R	S	O	T
A	N	A	L	O	G	Y	N	A	O	X	J
P	H	F	N	N	U	P	O	I	N	Y	U
P	S	A	E	E	O	E	M	L	E	M	D
A	L	L	I	T	E	R	A	T	I	O	N
R	H	V	G	K	R	B	T	S	D	R	W
A	L	I	J	H	R	O	O	G	I	O	R
D	O	A	O	T	Y	L	P	R	O	N	Z
O	S	F	W	T	Q	E	O	C	M	H	T
X	S	I	M	I	L	E	E	N	I	V	A
C	E	U	P	H	E	M	I	S	M	P	X
D	M	B	E	I	X	Z	A	F	O	E	H