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 Denotation | The country south of Canada and North of Mexico. |
| Connotation | America: Freedom, opportunity, individualism. |
| Synonym | Grumpy/Grouchy; Cold/Freezing |
| Antonym | Good/Bad; Happy/Sad; Hot/Cold |
| Homonym | Bat & Bat; Wind & Wind |
| Homophone | Cent/Scent/Sent |
| Symbol | Flag/America; Holding hands/Love |
| Metaphor | The snow is a blanket of white. |
| Simile | Her hands were like frozen ice cubes. |
| Hyperbole | My book bag weighs a ton. |
| Onomatopoeia | Her boots crunched across the snowy field. |
| Personification | Her pencil danced across the page. |
| Alliteration | What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells! |
| Assonance | Lighting the land till it lay bathed in ghostly day. |
| Consonance | Very soft is his skin. |
| Idiom | The apple of my eye. Don't let the cat out of the bag. |
| Oxymoron | Good grief; jumbo shrimp. |
| Allusion | He is such a scrooge; Don't be such an Einstein. |
| Ironic | You study all night for a test and end up failing it. |
| Antithesis | Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. |
| Metonymy | Crown=Royalty; Sweat=Hard work |
| Archetype | Disney movies |
| Euphemism | Toilet: Restroom, lavatory, washroom, john, etc. |
| Apostrophe | Blow, blow, thou winter wind... |
| Paradox | The wisest mind has something yet to learn. |