pathetic fallacy - the weather describes the mood , personification - something non human is given human qualities, similie - comparing things using like or as , metaphor - comparing two things using is or are , extended metaphor - explanation on top of the metaphor , oxymoron - opposites side by side , juxtaposition - opposing ideas , semantic field - objects that are linked by a trigger , irony - events happen that were very unlikely to happen, rhetorical question - a question that doesn't need an answer, hyperbole  - over exagerating , assonance - repetition of vowel sounds , alliteration  - words in a row that all start with the same letter, sibilance - words in a row starting with an 's' sound, euphanism - said in a nicer way , emotive language - the writer makes a reader feel a certain emotion, onomatopoeia - words describe sounds , rule of 3 - three adjectives describing one thing, facts/stats - evidence , plosives - repitition of harsh sounds , zoomorphism - you give a person animal like features , opinions - using someones thoughts , repitition - repeating a word or phrase , nouns - naming word , verbs - action word , adjectives - describing word , adverbs - ly word , enjabment - the line carries on but the sentence hasn't finished, caesura - a large break between two words,

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