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| Repetition of the initial consonants of words. |
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| Repetition of the vowel sounds in words. |
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| A poem without predictable rhyme, rhythm, or length of line or stanza. |
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| A comparison of two dissimilar things that implies some sort of equality between the things. |
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| A word that makes the sound of the action it describes. |
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| A comparison that gives human quality to inanimate objects |
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| The basic beat in a line of poetry, the sound pattern created by stressed and unstressed syllables. |
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| A comparison that uses "like" or "as". |
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| Something (person or object) that stands for something larger than itself. |
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| The underlying meaning, the idea it presents about people or about life. |
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