simile, comparison using like or as, metaphor, a direct comparison without using like or as, alliteration, repetitive consonant sounds at the beginning of words near each other, symbolism, an object that represents something else, personification, giving human qualities to something that is not human, hyperbole, exaggeration, assonance, repetition of vowel sounds, allusion, an indirect reference within a literary work to another work of literature, art, event, person, place, or thing.

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