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Alliteration |
the repetition of a speech sound in a sequenceof nearby words.
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Allusion |
a passingreference, without explicitidentification, to a literary or historical person, place,or event,or to another literary work orpassage
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Rhyme |
in the rhyming words, repetition of the last stressed vowel and of all the speech sounds followingthat vowel
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Personification |
an inanimate object or an abstractconcept is spoken of asthough it were endowed with life or with human attributes or feelings |
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metaphor |
a type offigurative (or non-literal) language that directly equates two distinctly differentthingsto highlight a similar aspect or quality between those twothings a word or expression thatin literal usage denotes one kind of thing isapplied to a distinctly different kind of thing, without asserting acomparison. |
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conceit |
figureof speech that establishes a striking parallel between two very dissimilar things, people or situations (usually ingeniously elaborate) [OR - If metaphor isdefined correctly]: an elaborate metaphor that is extended or developed through multiple examples of related figures of speech |
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repetition |
recurrent [morethan one-time, repeated] use of word, phrase or concept, usually for some effect; may occurin the same line, stanza or throughout theliterary work |
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apostrophe |
a directand explicit address either toan absent person or to an abstract or nonhuman entity (often the effect is ofhigh formality or else of a suddenemotional impetus).
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