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Figurative languages from the book stargirl?

* Simile: "He moved slowly and gracefully, like a cat."

* Metaphor: "Life is a journey, not a destination."

* Personification: "The wind whispered through the trees."

* Hyperbole: "I was so hungry, I could eat a horse."

* Understatement: "It was a bit crowded."

* Irony: "The more you spend, the more you save."

* Oxymoron: "deafening silence"

* Paradox: "less is more"

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