Language Devices and Features

ALLITERATION
ASSONANCE
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COLLOQUIALISM
EMOTIVELANGUAGE
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LISTING
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PERSONIFICATION
RHYME
SIMILIE
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Word	X	Y	Direction
ALLITERATION	12	12	n
ASSONANCE	12	12	s
CLICHE	4	12	se
COLLOQUIALISM	4	12	e
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	11	11	se
HYPERBOLE	4	3	se
LISTING	11	11	n
METAPHOR	16	12	n
PERSONIFICATION	4	4	s
RHYME	4	5	se
SIMILIE	15	12	n
TONE	7	7	ne