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    The document defines and provides examples of several poetic devices including metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, end rhyme, and alliteration. Metaphors make comparisons without using like or as, while similes use like or as. Onomatopoeia are words that imitate sounds. End rhyme involves words with the same ending sounds at the end of lines. Alliteration features the repetition of initial consonant sounds in consecutive words.

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    Poetic

    Devices
    By Liza Hunter

    Metaphor
    A comparison not using like or as.
    Ex. Her nest of hair was hard to brush.

    Simile
    A comparison using like or as.
    Ex. She was as enchanting as a sorceress.

    Onomatopoeia
    Sound associated words.
    Ex. Her stomach grumbled as it got closer to lunchtime.

    End Rhyme
    Words with the same sound at the end of a line.
    Ex. I wonder how
    There was a cow
    That said wow

    Alliteration
    The same letter or sound at the beginning of consecutive words.
    Ex. Loquacious Liza loved lollipops.

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