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A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
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Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Consonance
Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.
Metaphor
A comparison of two unlike things without using the word like or as.
stanza
A group of lines in a poem
line
A group of words together printed as a separate entity in a poem, a part of a stanza
assonance
Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity
simile
A comparison using "like" or "as"
epizeuxis
words or phrases are repeated in a quick succession after each other for emphasis
alliteration
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
syllable
A unit of speech heard as a single sound; one "beat" of a word or phrase.

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