ALLITERATION, Repeating CONSONANT SOUNDS (Ten, Tiny Typists)., ASSONANCE, repeating VOWEL SOUNDS (Iggy improves ingenious inventions)., MOOD, Atmosphere / Emotion -SPRING suggest a new start, DARK CLOUDS=danger., HYPERBOLE, OVER-EXAGGERATING. -I've a million things to do!, IMAGERY, Vivid descriptions. A figure of speech making mental images. Uses the 5 SENSES., METAPHOR, Comparison NOT using "like" or "as". Referring to something directly as something it's not. HE'S A TIGER., ONOMATOPOEIA, Using words to suggest the SOUND (Snap, Crackle, Pop)., OXYMORON, TWO OPPOSITE IDEAS put together to create an effect (act natural, plastic glasses, deliberate mistake, almost exactly)., PERSONIFICATION, GIVING HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS to non human things. (a waving tree, a talking rock, angry clouds, a mean river)., POETIC LICENSE, Having the FREEDOM TO BE CREATIVE & break the rules (ie. creative spelling. SOFT HOPE= 'OFT 'OPE), REPETITION, repeating, Repeating, REPEATING! Creating a pattern for effect. An EMPHAISIS to create rhythm or mood or importance., RHYTHM, The BEAT. The flow of sound & silence. Often by SYLLABLE COUNT PER VERSE (line)., RHYMING, Words ending in the SAME SOUND (often at the end of a verse). -cat, drat, gnat, spat., RHYMING PATTERNS, The pattern of rhyming words used for the verses in poems. ie. A,B,A,B pattern., SIMILIE, A COMPARISON using "like" or "as". He's AS FAST AS a tiger., SYMBOLISM, Using common symbols to convey a recognized meaning. (Snow=Purity, Snakes representing Deception, Fire=anger, Rainbow=Hope)..

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