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| the practice of beginning several consecutive or "neighboring word" with the same sound. "The twisting trout twinkled below the surface" |
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| a reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing. "George the III had met his Waterfoo." |
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| a direct juxtaposition of structurally parallel words, phrases, or clauses for the purpose of contrast. "Sink or swim." "While Hester Prynne met her punishment openly, Rev. Dimmesdale suffered his in silence." |
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| a form of personification in which the absent or dead are spoken to as if present and the inanimate, as if animate. These are all addressed directly--- "Milton! Thou shoulds't be living at this hour." |
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| the repetition of accented vowel sounds in a series of words. ... The words "cry" and "side" have the same vowel sound and so they are considered to be an example of this |
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| the repetition of a consonant sound within a series of words to produce a harmonious effect. "And each slow dusk a drawing=down of blinds." ... The d and the s are in consonance. |
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