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What literary techniques are used in the poem running 400 meters?

Alliteration:

- "...race against the rising sun..."

- "The track stretches..."

Personification:

- "The starting blocks bite into the ground"

- "the gun smokes its signal..."

Similes:

- "...like a cheetah ..."

- "...like a wave..."

Metaphors:

- "My breath is a ragged kite string..."

- "...A scream splits the air..."

Onomatopoeia:

- "Sprinting sneakers skid and pound..."

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