onomatopoeia - the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named, motif - when the idea of something is repeated to enforce it, trochee - when the second syllable is stressed, iamb - when the first syllable is stresed, hyperbole - exaggeration for effect, metaphor - A comparison made without using 'like' or 'as', eg 'sea of troubles' and 'drowning in debt'., assonance - the same vowel is repeated, enjambment - This is device used in poetry where a sentence continues beyond the end of the line or verse., oxymoron - two words not associated being brought together, similie - This is where a phrase establishes similarity between two things. Similes usually involve the words 'like' or 'as', pentameter - a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet, or (in Greek and Latin verse) of two halves each of two feet and a long syllable., tetrameter - a verse of four measures., quadrameter - a line consisting of four iambic feet., dissonance - This is discordant combinations of sounds. For example, the clash, spew and slow pang of grinding waves against the quay.,

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