Language Techniques

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Alliteration
The bouncy ball boinged!
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Simile
A descriptive technique that compares two things 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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A descriptive technique that compares two things using "As" or " Like"

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Simile

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

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a use of obvious exaggeration for rhetorical effect.

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a metaphor attributing human feelings to an object.

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