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Metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
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simile
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
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Personification
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
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Pathetic fallacy
the attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things or animals, especially in art and literature.
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Repetition
the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.
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Listing.
a list or catalogue
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Alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
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Onomatopoeia
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
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a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

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simile

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the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

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the attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things or animals, especially in art and literature.

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the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.

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