Italian Mafia

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Alliteration: repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words.Example: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

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Allusion: A reference to a specific person, place, or thing.Example: "She is as pretty as the Mona Lisa."

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19	"It was as large as a sea-gull's egg."	He's explaining how large its large as a sea-gull's egg.

Assonance: Repeated vowel sounds.
Example: "The cat sat on the mat."

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Hyperbole: An extravagant exaggeration.
Example: "My backpack weighs a ton!"

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Imagery: Creating pictures for the senses.
Example: "The pitter-patter of the rain against the window."

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56	"Blood oozed down from his scalp."
37	But Kino's brain burned, even in his sleep..."

Metaphor: A comparison when one becomes the other.
Example: "The book was a passport to adventure."

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86	"...and Kino was a machine now."

Onomatopoeia: Words whose sound suggests its meaning.
Example: "The bees buzzed."

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Personification: Giving human qualities to ideas and things.
Example: "Her stomach growled."

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39	"It will destroy us all."	The pearl cant destroy people physically
47	"And the sun beat down on the street..."	A sun beat down on a street.
37	"But Kino's brain burned, even in his sleep..."	Your brain cant literally burn.

Simile: A comparison using "like" or "as."
Example: "She floated in like a cloud."

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19	"...the great pearl, perfect as the moon."	It is so perfect like the moon is perfect,and it says like in the quote.

Symbol: Representation of somehting complex, general, or abstract.
Example: "The Statue of Liberty symbolizes the democratic ideal."

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