backstreet
adj
Middle School
1
Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents.
2
Done in poor and unsanitary conditions, secretly and illegally; back-alley.
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Alliteration
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Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing
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