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    Quote Originally Posted by hXc
    Alliteration is the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words.
    Assonance is the repetition of a vowel sound within words.
    Onomatopoeia is the use of words to imitate sounds.

    But imagery is a piece of writing or something where the reader can visually imagine the scene
    I thought Onomatopoeia was greek for having sex with a prostitute on the carpet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TwoSeven
    Whats the word for the technique where you write a sentence that describes a visual image in someones mind (not an actual picture).

    I thought it was illiteration, but seems there is no such word. But I am sure it was a technique used in poetry.

    For example.
    The bee buzzily wends its way over the lush green medow while the warm sun warms the chill damp air.

    The idea is that you read the phrase and at the same time visualise a bee flying in a field with the sun shining and cool air etc. There is a word for it, but I cant remember...
    Have not read all the responses so someone else may have given the right answer.

    The word you are looking for is ONOMATOPEIA. Buzz is a word so is sizzle. The pronounciation of the word corrosponds to the description.


    Alliteration is the use of several words to describe.............short sharp and shipshape etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pixie
    I thought Onomatopoeia was greek for having sex with a prostitute on the carpet.
    And on a wharf...
    "Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skyryder
    Alliteration is the use of several words that start with the same letter to describe.............short sharp and shipshape etc
    Dozens of dead and dying drakes and ducks in the Danube Delta...
    "Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pixie
    I thought Onomatopoeia was greek for having sex with a prostitute on the carpet.
    and i thought literacy was dead
    ... ...

    Grass wedges its way between the closest blocks of marble and it brings them down. This power of feeble life which can creep in anywhere is greater than that of the mighty behind their cannons....... - Honore de Balzac

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    Similar vowel sounds = assonance.
    Similar consonant sounds = consonance.

    The words you're looking for are "Figurative Language" I think.

    Onomatopoeia = the words that make the sounds eg, WHAM! ZOK! POW! etc.

    At least that's what's taught in 7th form English.
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