ALLITERATION - Repeating CONSONANT SOUNDS (Ten, Tiny Typists)., HYPERBOLE - OVER-EXAGGERATING. -I've a million things to do!, METAPHOR - Comparison NOT using "like" or "as". Referring to something directly as something it's not. HE'S A TIGER., ONOMATOPOEIA - Using words to suggest the SOUND (Snap, Crackle, Pop)., PERSONIFICATION - GIVING HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS to non human things. (a waving tree, a talking rock, angry clouds, a mean river)., RHYTHM - The BEAT. The flow of sound & silence. Often by SYLLABLE COUNT PER VERSE (line)., RHYMING - Words ending in the SAME SOUND (often at the end of a verse). -cat, drat, gnat, spat., RHYME SCHEME - The pattern of rhyming words used for the verses in poems. ie. A,B,A,B pattern., SIMILE - A COMPARISON using "like" or "as". He's AS FAST AS a tiger., STANZA - A collection of lines in a poem, much like a paragraph. , IMAGERY - The use of language to stimulate the reader's senses, sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. ,

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