2. Examples  The story of The Tortoise and the Hare teaches people that “slow and steady wins the race”  Little Red Riding Hood teaches not to talk to strangers  The Three Little Pigs teaches that those who put effort into projects are more successful ("Lilliputiens Three Little Pigs Houses.“)

3. Examples  “Correctional facility” = Prison  “Passed away” = Died  “Rest room” = Bathroom (Euphemism List)

4. Examples  “All the world's a stage, / And all the men and women merely players; / They have their exits and their entrances” (As You Like It).  “But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? / It is the East, and Juliet is the sun! / Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, / Who is already sick and pale with grief.” (Romeo and Juliet).  “To die, to sleep— / No more, and by a sleep to say we end / the heartache and the thousand natural shocks / That flesh is heir to. "tis a consumation / Devoutlly to be wished. To die, to sleep, / to sleep—perchance to dream.” (Hamlet).

5. Examples  Metaphor: “You are what you eat.”  Alliteration: “She sells seashells by the seashore. “  Personification: “My teddy bear gave me a hug.” (What is Figurative Language) (Standards Shots)

6. Examples  Rhetoric: “If practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, then why practice?” - Billy Corgan  Pun: “Santa’s helpers are subordinate Clauses.”  Oxymoron: “A stripper's dressing room” (Figures of Speech Examples) (Speech Preparation)

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