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| a figure of speech that draws a comparison between two different things, not using like or as. |
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| a figure of speechthat draws a comparison between two different things, especially a phrase containing words like or as |
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| the act of attributing human qualities or characteristics to animals, objects, or abstract ideas |
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| an estravagent statement; extreme exaggeration; or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally |
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| an expression that is seperate from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made. |
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| the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of a word |
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| the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal ryhming within phrases or sentences |
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| a poetic device characterized by the repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession |
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| the formation or use of words such as, buzz or murmur, that imitate the sounds associated with objects or actions in which they refer |
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| a personal pronoun that is used as the subject of a sentence; the pronoun that performs the action verb |
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| a pronoun that is the object of the verb |
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