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Assonance
The term used for similar repertition of vowel sounds e.g dOOmed yOUth
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Hyperbole
An over exaggeration "hundreds of times" actually meaning a lot of times
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Euphemism
The way of expressing something in a gentle way rather than the harsh truth "My old dog was put to sleep"
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Sentence Structure
Look for- complete sentences? repetition? A list? Does it reach a climax? is there inversion? is there parenthesis used?
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Colloquial Language
Informal, slang, conversational language
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Card 2

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Hyperbole

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An over exaggeration "hundreds of times" actually meaning a lot of times

Card 3

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Euphemism

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Card 4

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Sentence Structure

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Card 5

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Colloquial Language

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