English Language Techniques

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Simile
A descriptive technique that compares one thing with another, usually using 'as' or 'like'.
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Metaphor
A descriptive technique that names a person, thing or action as something else.
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Hyperbole
A use of obvious exaggeration for rhetorical effect.
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Personification
A metaphor attributing human feelings to an object.
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Pathetic Fallacy
A type of personification where emotions are given to a setting, an object or the weather.
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Onomatopoeia
A words that sound a little like they mean.
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Oxymoron
A phrase combining two or more contradictory terms.
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Emotive Language
Language intended to create an emotional response.
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Alliteration
Repetition of consonants at the start of words or in a sentence or phrase.
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Metaphor

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A descriptive technique that names a person, thing or action as something else.

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Hyperbole

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Personification

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Pathetic Fallacy

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