LITERARY DEVICES

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Compares two different things

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metaphor

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Using symbols to represent ideas or qualities

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symbolism

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Repeated consonant sounds in words

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alliteration

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Human qualities given to animals, objects, or ideas

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personification

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“No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him.”

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alliteration

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Old Marley was as dead as a door nail.

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simile

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Scrooge was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone!

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metaphor

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Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore...

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alliteration

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Dove = Peace is an example of...

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symbolism

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A figure of speech comparing one thing to another using 'like' or 'as'

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simile