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| Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words. |
| Hyperbole | An exaggeration or overstatement (e.g., I was so embarrassed I could have died.). |
| Imagery | A word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses |
| Metaphor | A figure of speech that expresses an idea through the image of another object |
| Personification | An object or abstract idea given human qualities or human form (e.g., Flowers danced about the lawn.). |
| Rhyme | Identical or very similar recurring final sounds in words usually at the end of lines of a poem. |
| Rhythm | The pattern or beat of a poem. |
| Simile | A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison (like or as) is used |
| Stanza | The organizational chunk of a poem; group of lines; like a paragraph |
