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Simile |
A descriptive technique that compares one thing with another, usually using 'as' or 'like'. Example - The trees stood as tall as towers. |
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Metaphor |
A descriptive technique that names a person, thing or action as something else . Example - The circus was a magnet for the children. |
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Hyperbole |
A use of obvious exaggeration for rhetorical effect. Example - The sun scorched through the day. |
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Personification |
A metaphor attributing human feelings to an object. Example - The sun smiled at the hills, ready to begin a new day. |
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Pathetic fallacy |
A type of personification where emotions are given to a setting, an object or the weather. Example - The clouds crowded together suspiciously overhead as the sky darkened. |
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Onomatopoeia |
Words that sound a little like they mean Example - The autumn leaves and twigs cracked and crunched underfoot. |
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Oxymoron |
A phrase combining two or more contradictory terms. Example - There was a deafening silence |
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Emotive language |
Language intended to create an emotional response. Example - A heart-breaking aroma of death filled the air as he surveyed the devastation and destructionthat had befallen them all. |