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" I pulled the strings out of my stalk. Z-z-zip, z-z-zip."
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" I pulled the strings out of my stalk. Z-z-zip, z-z-zip." onomatopoeia
"Our family beat a retreat back to the sofa as if chased by enemy soldiers.: simile
"She struck several sultry poses..." alliteration
"Shloop, went my father. Shloop went my mother. Schloop, schloop went my brother..." onomatopoeia
"...I managed to push the whole thing into the back of my mind, where it jumped out at me only a few times a day." personification
a comparison that uses the word like or as simile
the repetition of a consonant letter or sound at the beginning of words alliteration
a word whose sound suggest its meaning onomatopoeia
a comparison that does not include the word like or as metaphor
extreme exaggeration used to make a point hyperbole
the act of giving human or living qualities to animals or non-living objects personification
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