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Alliteration

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Assonance

Repetition of vowel sounds

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Sibilance

Repetition of the 's' sound

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Tricolon

A list of three connected words or ideas = "veni

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Tricolon crescendo

Tricolon which builds in significance or impact

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Asyndeton

A list without any conjunctions = "I got confused between all the teachers with the same name: Mr A Jones

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Polysyndeton

A list where everything is connected by conjunctions = "My timetable is intense: Maths and English and Latin and PE"

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Hyperbole

An exaggeration

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Rhetorical question

A question that is not intended to be answered

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Promotion

First word or phrase given

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Delay

Last word or phrase given

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Chiasmus

A mirrored structure

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Simile

Comparison using the words 'like' or 'as'

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Enjambent

Continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line

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Metaphor

A comparison without using like or as