Author's Craft One and Two

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Compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"

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simile

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compares two things that are not alike to suggest they have something in common

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metaphor

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an exaggeration that can't possibly be true

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hyperbole

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giving something unhuman, actual human qualities

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personification

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a figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or event

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allusion

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the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables

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alliteration

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repetition of the sound of a vowel stressed syllables

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assonance

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an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience

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tone

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the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

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symbolism

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visually descriptive or figurative language

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imagery