Repeated consonant or vowel sounds at the beginning of words used to create mood or emphasize certain words.
Alliteration
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Alliteration
Repeated consonant or vowel sounds at the beginning of words. Alliteration is used to create mood or emphasize certain words
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"Fifty years ago I learned to read at a round table in the center of a large, Sweet-Smelling, Steam-Softened kitchen."
Alliteration
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"His Super-Slow dip- Stride Slump Shuffle"
Alliteration
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Hyperbole
An exaggeration or overstatement used for effect. such statements are not literally true, but people make them sound impressive or to emphasize something."
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An exaggeration or overstatement used for effect. such statements are not literally true, but people make them sound impressive or to emphasize something."
Hyperbole
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"His smile was so wide he'd have to break it into sections to fit it through the doorway."
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"It was cold and hard, but I was so tired I could have slept in a wind tunnel."
Hyperbole
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An expression that, taken literally, means something other than it does figuratively.
Idiom
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What is an idiom?
An expression that, taken literally, means something other than it does figuratively.
