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Question	Answer
PERSONIFICATION	Where objects are talked or written about as if they were a person
PURPOSE	A writer's purpose is their primary intention: Inform Persuade Entertain Reflect
REPITITION	Is the repeating of the word, phrase or sound
PUN	A pun is a play-on word that usually has a humorous effect
METAPHOR	Is a type of word picture in which you are replaced with the thing you are being described with another image
ONOMATOPOEIA	Is used to refer to the use of words that echo the sound they are describing
LEAD	The first paragraph of a news story it includes the five W's, who, what, when, where and why
NARRATOR	Is the person who is telling the story-either in speech or in writing
RHETORICAL QUESTION	Is the question asked for effect or to make a statement. IT IS A QUESTION NOT TO BE ANSWERED!
SIMILIE	Is a writing device where something is being compared to something else using "like" or "as"
ASSONANCE	Is where the writer repeats the same vowel sound to give it an effect
ALLITERATION	Is where the writer repeats the first letter of the word
IMAGERY	Is the mental picture that writers create in the readers imagination to make their ideas more vivid
HYPERBOLE	Is the deliberate use of exaggeration to emphasis an opinion or idea

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