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- Sound devices are resources that authors use in order to convey a meaning or an experience through the use of sound. These include devices such as alliteration, assonance and rhyme.
<em>Ex.</em> From somewhere far beyond, the flag of fate's caprice unfurled, (the repetition of the "f" sound).
- Imagery refers to the use of vivid descriptions in order to add depth to a work. Authors who use imagery use descriptions in order to create an image in our mind through our senses.
<em>Ex.</em> The girl ran her hands on a soft satin fabric. (sense of touch)
The main character in the post-apocalyptic world of Ray Bradbury's 'There Will Come Soft Rains' is a house. Humans are extinct, apparently as a result of a nuclear bomb. Bradbury uses personification, or the imposition of human characteristics on inanimate objects, to bring the house to life.
Exertion maybe?
I think it might be exertion because it seems to fit... tell me if I'm wrong.