Rhetorical question - A question that does not require an answer (e.g. Is this a joke?)., Metaphor - A direct comparison (e.g. You are my sunshine)., Simile - An indirect comparison that uses words such as “like” or “as” (e.g. her eyes were like the sun)., Personification - When something non-human is given human characteristics or behaviour (e.g. the flame danced)., Alliteration - When the same letter or sound is used to start different words in the same sentence (e.g. the rats ran rapidly)., Onomatopoeia - A word that is written as a sound (e.g. bang/crunched)., Enjambment - The running over of a line of poetry into the next line or stanza, without punctuation., Imagery - Visually descriptive or figurative language that may appeal to one or more of the senses. (e.g. She smelled the scent of sweet hibiscus wafting through the air)., Sibilance - The repetition of the letter ‘s’ both at the start of different words or within words (e.g. the snakes slithered/hissing)., Repetition - using the same word or phrase more than once, usually within close proximity to one another. (e.g. I only have to stay for one second, be afraid for one second, not scream for one second.),

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