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| a figure of speech that draws a comparison between tow different things, not using "like" or "as" |
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| a figure of speech that draws a comparison between two different things, especially a phrase containing the word "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 extravagant statement; extreme exaggeration; or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally |
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| an expression that is separate from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made. For example: "Break a leg" or "The early bird gets the word" |
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| the repetition of the same sounds or of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of the word. For example: Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers |
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| the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within the phrases or sentences. For example: Do you like blue? |
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| a poetic device characterized by the repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession, as in "pitter patter" or "all mammals names Sam are clammy" |
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| the formation or use of words such as, buss or murmur, that imitate the sounds associated with the 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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