The repetition of consonant sounds

Where animals or inanimate objects are portrayed in a story as people, such as by walking, talking, or being given arms, legs, facial features, human locomotion or other anthropoid form

Where the audience or reader is aware of something important, of which the characters in the story are not aware.

A description which exaggerates, usually employing extremes and/or superlatives to convey a positive or negative attribute; “hype.”

A direct relationship where one thing or idea substitutes for another.

A recurring important idea or image.

Simile: An indirect relationship where one thing or idea is described as being similar to another. Similes usually contain the words “like” or “as,” but not always.

An indirect relationship where one thing or idea is described as being similar to another. Similes usually contain the words “like” or “as,” but not always.

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Question	Answer
Alliteration:	The repetition of consonant sounds
Personification:	Where animals or inanimate objects are portrayed in a story as people, such as by walking, talking, or being given arms, legs, facial features, human locomotion or other anthropoid form
Dramatic irony:	Where the audience or reader is aware of something important, of which the characters in the story are not aware.
Hyperbole:	A description which exaggerates, usually employing extremes and/or superlatives to convey a positive or negative attribute; “hype.”
Metaphor:	A direct relationship where one thing or idea substitutes for another.
Motif:	A recurring important idea or image.
Oxymoron:	A contradiction in terms
Simile: An indirect relationship where one thing or idea is described as being similar to another. Similes usually contain the words “like” or “as,” but not always.	An indirect relationship where one thing or idea is described as being similar to another. Similes usually contain the words “like” or “as,” but not always.

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