juxtaposition - when two contrasting ideas are placed together to emphasize their differences , rhetoric question - a question that is posed in a text , hyperbole - exaggeration for effect, simile - you compare something using ‘like’ or ‘as’, metaphor - you identify one object as another e.g. “the sun was a golden ball in the sky”, alliteration - when sequential words have the same initial sounds, assonance - when the same vowel is used in sequential words, onomatopoeia - words that sound like the noise they are describing , personification - when you give a non human object, human traits e.g. “the sun bit into my shoulders”, pathetic fallacy - when a non human object is given human feelings e.g. “the tree wept”, oxymoron - when two words with opposite meanings are next to each other in a phrase e.g. big little lies, idiom - a well known phrase “time flies”, Foreshadowing - when the text gives information about what is to come, allusion - A reference to a well known person, place or event of historical or cultural importance e.g. religious allusions, paradox - a contradictory statement where the ideas seem opposede.g. “War is peace”, enjambment - when a sentence does not end at the end of a line in a poem, repetition - a repeated word or phrase in a poem or text for a purpose, pun - a play on words which exploits words with multiple meanings ,

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