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| The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
| The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when we'll walk by.
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| A resemblance of sound in words or syllables
| Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese.
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| A word or phrase that has become overly familiar or commonplace
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| Big exaggeration, usually with humor
| mile-high ice-cream cones
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| The language peculiar to a group of people
| She sings at the top of her lungs.
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| Comparing two things by using one kind of object or using in place of another to suggest the likeness between them.
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| Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it.
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| Giving something human qualities
| The stuffed bear smiled as the little boy hugged him close.
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| A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as
| The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky.
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