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  2. Assonance - Wikipedia

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    Assonance is common in proverbs: The squeaky wheel gets the grease. The early bird catches the worm. Total assonance is found in a number of Pashto proverbs from Afghanistan: La zra na bal zra ta laar shta. "From one heart to another there is a way." [5] Kha ghar lwar day pa sar laar lary. "Even if a mountain is very high, there is a path to ...

  3. Figure of speech - Wikipedia

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    A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is a word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ... An example of a scheme is a ... Assonance: repetition of vowel sounds ...

  4. Stylistic device - Wikipedia

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    Figurative language is language using figures of speech. [1] Simile ... Example: "From up here on ... Assonance Similar to alliteration, in which vowel sounds are ...

  5. Literary consonance - Wikipedia

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    An example is the verse from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven": "And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain." (This example also contains assonance around the "ur" sound.) Another example of consonance is the word "sibilance" itself. Consonance is an element of half-rhyme poetic format, sometimes called "slant rhyme".

  6. Hyperbole - Wikipedia

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    Hyperbole (/ h aɪ ˈ p ɜːr b əl i / ⓘ; adj. hyperbolic / ˌ h aɪ p ər ˈ b ɒ l ɪ k / ⓘ) is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. In rhetoric, it is also sometimes known as auxesis (literally 'growth'). In poetry and oratory, it emphasizes, evokes strong feelings, and creates strong impressions. As a ...

  7. Rhetorical device - Wikipedia

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    In rhetoric, a rhetorical device, persuasive device, or stylistic device is a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading them towards considering a topic from a perspective, using language designed to encourage or provoke an emotional display of a given perspective or action.

  8. Poetic devices - Wikipedia

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    The use of figurative language as a poetic device function to convey the poet's intended meaning in various ways. Allusion–A brief reference to a person, character, historical event, work of art, and Biblical or mythological situation. Analogy–Drawing a comparison or inference between two situations to convey the poet's message more ...

  9. Poetry - Wikipedia

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    Poetry (from the Greek word poiesis, "making") is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic [1] [2] [3] qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meanings.