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| metaphor | A comparison between two seemingly unrelated things without the use of like or as. |
| simile | A direct comparison using like or as to compare two unrelated things. |
| hyperbole | A deliberate exaggeration such as "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse". |
| personification | Giving human qualities or actions to objects, animals or ideas. |
| imagery | Words or phrases that are used to create visual images for the reader. |
| symbol | Something that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself. |
| onomatopeia | The use of words or phrases that sound like the things they describe (buzz, chop, clatter, mumble, clank). |
| alliteration | The repetition of the initial consonant sounds (The bass boat, bobbing beautifully). |
| rhyming couplet | Two consecutive lines in a poem that rhyme. |
| end rhyme | Ryming words that come at the end of two or more lines of poetry. |
