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Alliteration
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the repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words. Some famous examples of alliteration are tongue twisters such as She sells seashells by the seashore and Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
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Allusion
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A reference to a historical event, to Biblical, mythological, or literary character and incidents with which the reader assumed to be familiar with
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Assonance
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the repetition or a pattern of similar sounds, especially vowel sounds , as in the tongue twister "Moses supposes his toeses are roses"
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Ballad
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a poem that tells a story similar to a folk tale
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