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What Technique Is This?
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english
literature
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Question 1
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"He's behind me, isn't he?"
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3e792907-160e-46ef-8644-7591f02a2f2f (image/jpg)
Answer
Cliche
Irony
Imagery
Question 2
Question
"I can resist anything, except temptation."
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0336d43c-3e4a-42d0-a002-ac8b48fdd7f5 (image/jpg)
Answer
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Personification
Question 3
Question
The Titanic was promoted as being 100% unsinkable; but, in 1912 the ship sank on its maiden voyage.
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dca11fd6-395f-4393-a238-780dfa3f4173 (image/jpg)
Answer
Irony
Oxymoron
Imagery
Question 4
Question
Being struck by lightning is really a shocking experience!
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d2fdb624-299f-4c4d-95c9-eeeda5c0a23e (image/jpg)
Answer
Irony
Pun
Parody
Question 5
Question
He drowned in a sea of grief.
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5038d8ab-7dea-4965-9b31-dc73100fd468 (image/jpg)
Answer
Personification
Metaphor
Exaggeration
Question 6
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As hot as hell
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6893d9e2-4f5d-40b4-8e32-8dda871fd073 (image/jpg)
Answer
Simile
Intertextuality
Oxymoron
Question 7
Question
"Beep" "Click" "Zip" "Tap"
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249d100c-a1a1-4b0e-9941-9ff0b2a0417a (image/jpg)
Answer
Parody
Pun
Onomatopoeia
Question 8
Question
Her brain is the size of a pea.
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fa14f516-d588-4b4c-ac26-d29da4347b58 (image/jpg)
Answer
Hyperbole
Pun
Personification
Question 9
Question
He fumed and charged like an angry bull.
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def64022-620f-4a5e-a2da-da2dacf71c5e (image/jpg)
Answer
Imagery
Personification
Cliche
Question 10
Question
She did not realize that opportunity was knocking at her door.
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ba5ee9bf-cf93-478d-9257-862aea226320 (image/jpg)
Answer
Personification
Pun
Cliche
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