simile - comparing two things using "like" or "as", metaphor - Comparing one thing to another. Not literal, alliteration - The use of repeating letter sounds to create a poetic element, idiom - An expression that cannot be understood from the words, personification - Non-human things that are given human characteristics, onomatopoeia - Imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound it describes, hyperbole - An exaggerated statement,

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