Personification - when we give human qualities to things that aren't human. For example, we might say, “the merciless east winds that knive us…”, Symbol - something that stands for or represents something else. For example, the red lights in "A Quiet Place" symbolise danger. When characters see them, it means the creatures that hunt by sound are nearby. The colour red connotes a warning or danger., Alliteration - when words close together start with the same sound, like "Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence.” This helps us to hear the bullets flying past., Simile - when we compare things using "like" or "as." For example, "Like twitching agonies of men among its brambles.", Refrain - a line or phrase that's repeated in a poem or song to make it memorable or emphasise an idea. For example, “But nothing happens.”, Rhyme - when words sound similar, usually at the end of a line in poetry/songs. For example, The Beatles song Yesterday rhymes “Yesterday” with “far away”., Ellipsis - three dots (...) used to show that something is missing or to create a pause in writing, like "She waited for him to speak, but he remained silent...", Caesura - a break or pause in a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation, like in "To be, or not to be: that is the question—", Enjambment - when a sentence in poetry continues onto the next line without a pause, like "I wandered lonely as a cloud / That floats on high o'er vales and hills,", Poet - someone who Composes poems. For example, Wilfred Owen was a famous poet who wrote about the horrors and the pity of war.,

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