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1. Figurative Language – Language not meant to be taken literally (includes simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole)

2. Synecdoche - Referring to one part of something to represent the whole thing

3. Understatement – Opposite of hyperbole.  Deliberately using an overly small estimation for effect.

4. Conceit – Long metaphor, usually used over the course of an entire poem

5. Metonymy – Using a related object to describe another object/idea

6. Sound Device – Technique related to the sound that words make when pronounced 

7. Alliteration – Repetition of initial consonant sounds

8. Assonance – Repetition of vowel sounds

9. Consonance – Repetition of consonant sounds

10. Onomatopoeia – Words that make the sound they are describing