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Repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a sequence

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Alliteration

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Sound words

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Onomatopoeia

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Comparison using like or as

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Simile

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Comparison without like or as

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Metaphor

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Giving human qualities to non-human objects

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Personification

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Exaggeration for emphasis

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Hyperbole

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Repetition of the same internal vowel sound

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Assonance

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A phrase that means something different than its literal meaning.

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Idiom

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Feelings or connections to a word

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Connotation

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Dictionary definition of a word

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Denotation