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| alliteration | the repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words |
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds in two or more neighboring words |
| cliche | a word or phrase that has become overly familiar or commonplace |
| hyperbole | a big exaggeration, usually with humor |
| idiom | the language peculiar to a group of people |
| metaphor | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as" |
| onomatopoeia | naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it |
| personification | giving human qualities to an inanimate object |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as" |
| mood | the feeling that the reader gets form the writing |
| tone | the writer's attitude toward the material and/or readers |
| voice | the basic vision of a writer; the writer's attitude toward the world |
| denotation | a word's dictionary definition |
| connotation | the emotional associations a word brings to mind |
