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What is a list of all the descriptive language?

* Adjectives: Words that describe nouns, such as "big," "small," "red," "blue," "happy," "sad."

* Adverbs: Words that describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, such as "quickly," "slowly," "very," "too," "not."

* Similes: Comparisons between two things using the words "like" or "as," such as "She is as happy as a clam."

* Metaphors: Comparisons between two things without using the words "like" or "as," such as "She is a ray of sunshine."

* Personification: Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea, such as "The wind whispered through the trees."

* Alliteration: The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of a series of words, such as "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

* Assonance: The repetition of the same vowel sound in a series of words, such as "The cat sat on the mat."

* Consonance: The repetition of the same consonant sound in a series of words, such as "The big black bug bit the boy."

* Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate the sounds they describe, such as "buzz," "hiss," "bang," "crash."

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