Language Devices and Features

ALLITERATION
ASSONANCE
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COLLOQUIALISM
EMOTIVELANGUAGE
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PERSONIFICATION
RHYME
SIMILIE
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Word	X	Y	Direction
ALLITERATION	10	12	n
ASSONANCE	10	12	se
CLICHE	17	19	w
COLLOQUIALISM	18	12	w
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	11	11	sw
HYPERBOLE	18	3	sw
LISTING	11	11	s
METAPHOR	6	12	n
PERSONIFICATION	18	4	s
RHYME	18	5	sw
SIMILIE	7	12	n
TONE	15	7	nw