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Literature
Rhetorical techniques
Poetic devices
Culture
Poetry
Figures of speech
Rhetoric
Metaphor
Literal and figurative language
Rhetorical device
Simile
Alliteration

Methods Notes Figurative Language Using figures of speech Not literal Examples: ?The trees danced in the wind.? ?Separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand.? Simile & Metaphor Simile ? comparing 2 unlike things using ?like? or ?as? Metaphor ? comparing 2 unlike things without ?like? or ?as? Extended metaphor ? a metaphor longer than a sentence or phrase Or a metaphor which occurs frequently throughout the text Alliteration ? repetition of consonant sounds Personification ? in which an animal/thing is described with human characteristics Assonance ? repetition of vowel sounds Hyperbole ? exaggeration used for emphasis Rhetorical Devices: Parallelism: emphasizes ideas by expressing them in the same grammatical form

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