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Alliteration
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The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
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The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when we'll walk by.
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Assonance
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A resemblance of sound in words or syllables
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holy & stony
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Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese.
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Cliche
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A word or phrase that has become overly familiar or commonplace
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No pain, no gain
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Hyperbole
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Big exaggeration, usually with humor
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mile-high ice-cream cones
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Idiom
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The language peculiar to a group of people
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She sings at the top of her lungs.
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Metaphor
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Comparing two things by using one kind of object or using in place of another to suggest the likeness between them.
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Her hair was silk .
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Onomatopoeia
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Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it.
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buzz, hiss, roar, woof
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Personification
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Giving something human qualities
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The stuffed bear smiled as the little boy hugged him close.
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Simile
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A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as
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The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky.
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