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Techniques
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metaphor
simile
oxymornon
english
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Chloe Buxton
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Techniques
METAPHOR
Creates more vivid description
A descriptive technique that names a person, thing or action as something else
SIMILE
'LIKE' 'AS' or 'THAN'
A descriptive technique that compares one thing with another,
PERSONIFICATION
A metaphor attributing human feelings to an object
PATHETIC FALLACY
A type of personification where emotions are given to a setting, an object or the weather
ONOMATOPOEIA
Words that sound a little like they mean.
EMOTIVE LANGUAGE
Language intended to create an emotional response
OXYMORON
A phrase combining two or more contradictory terms
PATHETIC FALLACY
A type of personification where emotions are given to a setting, an object or the weather
HYPERBOLE
A use of obvious exaggeration for rhetorical effect
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