Language Devices and Features

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Word	X	Y	Direction
ALLITERATION	12	10	w
ASSONANCE	12	10	nw
CLICHE	5	3	s
COLLOQUIALISM	12	18	n
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	11	11	ne
HYPERBOLE	3	18	ne
LISTING	11	11	w
METAPHOR	15	9	s
PERSONIFICATION	4	18	e
RHYME	5	18	ne
SIMILIE	12	7	nw
TONE	7	15	n