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| Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds, especially in accented syllables |
| Hyperbole | An exaggeration or overstatement for emphatic effect |
| Internal Rhyme | Rhymes usually occur at the end of lines or the end of the line rhymes with a word from the middle of the line |
| Metaphor | Figure of speech in which a word or phrase that means one thing is used for another thing in order to suggest equivalence in some regard. It asserts that one thing is another or suggests that the one acts like the other in some way |
| Onomatopoeia | Words that sound like their meanings |
| Personification | Attributing human characteristics to an inanimate object, an animal, or an abstract idea |
| Simile | An expressed comparison of two different things or ideas. Always introduced by either "like" or "as" |
| Alliteration Example | 'The soft sighing of the sea' |
| Hyperbole Example | 'He jumped halfway to the sky' |
| Internal Rhyme Example | '...He stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum' |
| Metaphor Example | 'John is a tower of strength' |
| Onomatopoeia Example | Gurgle |
| Personification Example | 'The wind spoke her name' |
| Simile Example | 'As brave as a lion' or 'A face like marble' |
