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  • a comparison that describes one thing in terms of another (often uses a form of the verb “be”… am, are, is, was, were)
    Metaphor
  • the use of exaggeration (usually to be funny)
    Hyperbole
  • a word made to sound like what it describes
    Onomatopoeia
  • Example of Idiom
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  • repeating words and/or phrases for emphasis
    Repetition
  • repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words
    Alliteration
  • Example of Metaphor
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  • giving human traits to something non-human
    Personification
  • Example of Repetition
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  • the arrangement of words creates a beat pattern when read aloud
    Rhythm
  • Example of Hyperbole
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  • an expression not meant to be taken literally
    idiom
  • An example of Alliteration
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  • Example of Onomatopoeia
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  • uses “like” or “as” to compare things
    Simile
  • Example of Rhyme
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  • Example of Personification
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  • Example of Simile
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  • when words have same sound at their end
    Rhyme