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 ALLITERATION–Therepetitionofthesameconsonantsoundsatthebeginningofwords.(Example–Sweet,scentedstuff)  ALLUSION–animplicitreferencewithinaliteraryworktoahistoricalorliteraryperson,placeorevent.(Example–In
TheSecretLifeofBees,
 Augustrefersto
 JaneEyre
,anovelbyCharlotteBrontë.) ASSONANCE-therepetitionofsimilarvowelsoundsinasequenceofnearbywords(Example:Thehumwaslowwithamellowt one) CONNOTATION-anassociationthatcomesalongwithaparticularword.Connotationrelates
not 
toaword'sactualmeaning(denotation),butrathertotheideasorqualitiesthatareimpliedbythatword.(Example:Theword"gold"actuallymeansamalleable,ductile,yellowelement.
Theconnotation,however,istheideasassociatedwithgold,suchasgreed,luxury,oravarice.
)HYPERBOLE-anexcessiveoverstatementorconsciousexaggeration.(Example:Ihavealreadytoldyouamilliontimes.)IMAGERY–Languagethatbringstomindthesense-impressions,especiallyviaiguresofspeech.(Example–Thesmellofputridgreenalgaeonthelonelyrockilledtheairandinvitedmetoregurgitatemylunch.)KENNING–twonounsputtogethertotaketheplaceofanothernoun.(Example–“KingofPop”forMichaelJackson;“streetrider”forcar) MEIOSIS-anunderstatement;theoppositeofhyperbole(Example:WhenMercutioismortallywoundedinRomeoandJuliet,hestates,"'Tisonlyascratch.")METAPHOR–acomparisonofonethingtoanotherNOTusing“like”or“as.”(Example–Lifeisbutawalkingshadow,apoorplayerwhostrutsandfretshishouruponthestage.)
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