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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