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| Alliteration | the repetition of consonants |
| Assonance | a chiming (rhyme) of the vowel sounds |
| Consonance | a pattern of identical sounds created by consonants |
| Cacophony | a succession of harsh, slow-moving syllables |
| Euphony | a succession of light, harmonious syllables |
| Hyperbole | a gross exaggeration for effect; overstatement |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison of two unlike objects by identification or substitution |
| Onomatopoeia | the imitation of natural sounds in words; the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning |
| Paradox | a statement or concept which appears self-contradictory, but underlines a basis of truth |
| Personification | a figure of speech that gives inanimate objects human qualities |
| Rhyme | an identity of sounds at the end of lines of verse |
| Single Rhyme | also known as MASCULINE RHYME; rhyme in that last syllable of the line |
| Double Rhyme | also known as FEMININE RHYME; rhyme in the last two syllables of the line |
| Triple Rhyme | often used for comic or satiric verse; rhyme in the last three syllables of the line |
| Internal Rhyme | rhyme within a lone of verse as well as at the end |
| Half Rhymes/Slant Rhymes | similar sounds repeated at the end of lines or within lines |
| Simile | a direct comparison of two unlike objects, using "like" or "as" |
| Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole object or idea |
