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| alliteration | the repeating of beginning consonant sounds as in dance, dare, and date |
| onomatpoeia | the use of words whose sounds make you think of the meanings |
| rhyme | the repeating of two or more words which sound alikes as in fights for his rights. Rhyme can occur at the ends of lines or within a line. |
| internal rhyme | the rhyming of words in the middle of lines |
| end ryhme | the rhyming of words at the ends of two or more lines of poetry |
| repetition | repeating a word or phrase to add rhythm, or to emphasize a certain idea |
| consonance | the repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in the words |
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds in words like rain, makes pavement wavy |
| figures of speech | special comparisons poets often make to create effective word pictures |
| simile | compares two different things using either like or as |
| metaphor | compares two different things without using the words like or as |
| personification | makes a comparison in which something that is not human is described with human qualities |
| hyerbole | makes exaggerated comparisons for effect. Sometimes these are funny. "It was so hot we fried." |
