"The Raven" Review

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Quaff

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To drink heartily.

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Hyperbole

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A figure of speech that exaggerates for emphasis or effect.

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Bleak

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Charmless and inhospitable; dreary.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words.

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Personification

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A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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Imagery

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates a mental picture.

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Simile

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Consonance

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The repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity within a sentence or phrase.

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Assonance

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The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.