poetry techniques

James R.
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  1. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  2. personification
    attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
  3. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  4. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
  5. assonance
    the repetition of similar vowels in successive words
Created on Wed Jul 25 22:33:02 EDT 2012

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