"... --your ma'amin' and Miss Mayellerin' don't come to nothin', Mr. Finch--" (Chapter 18)
The repeated "M" sounds represent the alliterative useage. The repeated "N" sounds could also be considered an example of consonance as well.
PERSONIFICATION. During Atticus's summation, Scout describes her father's "gold collar button and the tips of his pen and pencil winking in the light." (Chapter 20) The word "winking" gives the button, pen and pencil human characteristics.
HYPERBOLE. A type of exaggeration used to convey a particular message, the author makes good use of it when Calpurnia threatens to "--skin every one of you alive" after discovering that the children had been watching the trial all day. (Chapter 21)
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An essay is generally a short piece of writing written from an author's personal point of view, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of an article, a pamphlet and a short story.
Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. Almost all modern essays are written in prose, but works in verse have been dubbed essays (e.g. Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism and An Essay on Man). While brevity usually defines an essay, voluminous works like John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Thomas Malthus's An Essay on the Principle of Population are counterexamples. In some countries (e.g., the United States and Canada), essays have become a major part of formal education. Secondary students are taught structured essay formats to improve their writing skills, and admission essays