English devices

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Simile
compares one thing with another using 'as' or 'like'
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Metaphor
uses an image or idea to represent something else.
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Personification
The sunlight winked through branches
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Onomatopoeia
words sound like the noise they represent.
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Alliteration
repetition of a consonant sound in a series of words.
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Card 2

Front

Metaphor

Back

uses an image or idea to represent something else.

Card 3

Front

Personification

Back

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Card 4

Front

Onomatopoeia

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Alliteration

Back

Preview of the front of card 5

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