Language Devices and Features

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SIMILIE
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Word	X	Y	Direction
ALLITERATION	16	6	w
ASSONANCE	12	10	s
CLICHE	5	4	e
COLLOQUIALISM	4	10	e
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	11	11	ne
HYPERBOLE	4	19	e
LISTING	11	11	s
METAPHOR	16	10	s
PERSONIFICATION	4	18	n
RHYME	4	17	ne
SIMILIE	15	10	s
TONE	7	15	se