a pause near the middle of a line of poetry. For example "We are prepared: we build our houses squat," - caesura , when two items are compared using the words "like" or "as". For example "Threw up a yellow hare that rolled like a flame" - simile , when something that isn't alive is given a human quality. For example "Bullets smacking the belly out of the air" - personification , a list that doesn't have connectives in (a list that doesn't use the word and). For example "I gave him food, shelter, clothing." - asyndetic listing , a line of poetry that ends with a full stop, exclamation mark or question mark. For example "Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear." - end stopped line , when a sentence goes over more than one line or stanza in a poem. - enjambment , the repetition of the "s" sound. For example "Then the shot - slashed furrows" - sibilance , when something is mysterious or not made totally clear. For example "Suddenly he awoke and was running" is mysterious as we don't know exactly who he is. - ambiguity ,
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