Alliteration(al-lit-er-a-tion): The repetition of the same letter or sound at the front of consecutive words. For example, Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Assonance (as-uh-nuh ns): Repeating vowel sounds in verse or prose.
Hyperbole (hahy-pur-buh-lee): boastful comments or claims that are used as examples and not meant to be taken literally. i.e., I could eat a horse. Synonyms include: embellishment, magnify, and exaggerate.
Metaphor (met-aw-fawr): A metaphor is a comparison without like, as or than. For example: The star twinkled loudly. A comparison of unlike objects.
Motif (moh-teef): Weather, geography, season, illness, violence, characters, a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
Personification (per-son-uh-fi-key-shuhn): Adding a human quality to a non-human thing or idea. For example, the sky wept.
Similes (sim-uh-leez): Similes use like, as, or than, to make comparisons. My love is like a red rose.
Symbol: Objects that are used to represent an idea or subtext.
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