The same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Sibilance - whooshing or hissing sound (s). Plosive - b, g, k, p. Symmerical - a phrase begins and ends with the same sound in a mirrored format
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Simile
A comparison between two things using like or as
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Contrast/ juxtaposition
Two opposite ideas next to each other
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Repetition
Repeating a certain word or phrases multiple times
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Rhetorical question
A question asked to create a dramatic effect rather than for an answer
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Onomatopoeia
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
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Rhyme
Word that end in the same sound or syllable
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Volta
A turn of thought or argument in a poem
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Enjambment
A sentence that runs across multiple lines
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Motif
A repeated pattern - an image, sound, word, etc.
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Symbolism
An image representing a deeper, non-literal abstract idea
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Interrogative sentence
A statement that is a question
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Exclamative sentence
A statement that expresses strong emotion
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Declarative sentence
A statements that states facts or an opinion
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Imperative sentence
A statement that is a command
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Connotations
An idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning