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| alliteration | the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words |
| imagery | refers to words or phrases that appeal to the five senses |
| figurative language | using words or phrases that help the reader picture ordinary things in new ways |
| simile | a comparison of two different things using like, as, or than |
| metaphor | a comparison of two different things that does NOT use the words like, as, or than |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration that something either has much more or much less of a quantity than it actually has |
| onomatopoeia | the use of a word whose sound makes you think of its meaning |
| personification | giving human qualities to ideas, objects or animals |
| idiom | a phrase or expression which means something different from the words actually say |
