- Alliteration: repetition of the beginning sound among a group of words
- Flashback: a jump back in time to recall events that happened prior to when the current story is set
- Imagery: the use of descriptive language to engage the senses of the reader
- Onomatopoeia: the use of a word that, when read aloud, sounds like what it describes
- Rhyme: the use of a rhyme scheme to appeal to the reader
- Dialogue: the use of speech
- Hyperbole: the use of exaggeration
- Metaphor: the direct comparison of two unlike things, characters, or events
- Personification: giving an object human feelings or qualities
- Simile: a comparison using the words “like” or “as”
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