What is Personification?
LITERARY DEVICE DEFINITIONS

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A literary device that gives human attributes and qualities to non-human things.
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What is Allusion?
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A brief and often indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.
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What is a Metaphor?
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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another (may use 'am, is, are, was, were').
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What is Parallel Structure?
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The repetition of sentence structure using the same parts of speech or similar sentence patterns.
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What is Alliteration?
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A literary device that uses the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in neighboring words.
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What is Hyperbole?
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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, used for emphasis or effect.
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What is Simile?
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A figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.
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