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Meaning of uncouth matters

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Uncouth means lacking good manners, refinement, or grace.

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Personification

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To give human characteristics to something non-human
The tree danced in the rain

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Metaphor

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To describe something by saying that it is something else
She is an angel

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Simile

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Compares two unlike things using the words like or as.
Cold as ice

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Onomatopoeia

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Type of word that sounds like what it describes
Zoom
Boom
Pop

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