| A | B |
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| alliteration | repetion of sounds in a line of poetry or prose |
| allusion | a reference that the author expects the reader to know |
| simile | a comparison between to or more things using like or as |
| metaphor | a comparison between two or more things without using like or as |
| Imagery | Words and phrases that describe something,that creates pictures in the readers mind;that appeal to the readers senses |
| Sybolism | A word or image that has meaning in itself , but represents soemthign else |
| Rhyme | The repetition of sounds in words that appear close to each other (Often at the end of a line) in poetry of prose. |
| Rhythm | The pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in a sentence or line of poetry |
| Personification | Giving human qualities to nonhuman objects |
| Connotation | What a word suggests beyond its basic definition;a word's overtones of meaning |
| Denotation | The basic definition or dictionary meaning of a word |
| Hyperbole | Stretches the truth so far that it is not expected to be taken literally |
