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A simile is a comparison of two things using like or as.
Your dog is as big as a wolf.
Simile
Deliberate exaggeration for effect is known as hyperbole.
It's so cold I feel like I could freeze to death.
Hyperbole
Words that accurately describe the sounds they represent are an example of onomatopoeia.
Onomatopoeia
SMACK!
An oxymoron is a condensed paradox in which two terms are combined which are opposite in meaning, but which, in context, have legitimate meaning.
This school is pretty ugly.
Oxymoron
I agree.
When a closely related idea is used to stand for the idea itself, this is termed synecdoche.
Just got a new whip.
Synecdoche
Wow!