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1
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Define alliteration

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent it closely connected words.

2
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Define internal rhyme scheme

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A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line it in the middle of the next.

3
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Define metaphor

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A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action which is not literally applicable.

4
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Define consonance

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The recurrence of similar sounding consonants in close proximity

5
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define onomatopoeia

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The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

6
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Define Portmanteau

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A word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others, for example motel or brunch

7
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Define caesura

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A pause near the middle of a line