personification
is when a writer gives human qualities to animals or objects
examples:
my car drank the gasoline in one gulp
the cat laughed
the newspaper headline glared at me
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alliteration
is the repetition of the same consonant sound in words occurring near one another
examples:
peter piper picked a peck off pickled peppers
sally sells seashells by the seashore
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symbolism
is using an object or action that means something more then its literal meaning
examples:
pink-the fight against breast cancer the statue of liberty-freedom
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hyperbole is an obvious exaggeration of overstatement
example:
i’m so hungry i could eat a horse