English Literary devices

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Alliteration:

The repetition of the same consonant sound in two or more words

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Metaphor

: A comparison between two unlike things stating that one is another.

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Allusion:

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, media, or literary work. ]

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Hyperbole:

An exaggeration used to emphasize a point.

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Analogy:

A comparison between two things used to clarify.

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Simile:

A indirect comparison using the words like or as

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Personification:

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.