What Technique Is This?

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Choose which technique the examples show.
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Question 1

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"He's behind me, isn't he?"
Answer
  • Cliche
  • Irony
  • Imagery

Question 2

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"I can resist anything, except temptation."
Answer
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Oxymoron
  • Personification

Question 3

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The Titanic was promoted as being 100% unsinkable; but, in 1912 the ship sank on its maiden voyage.
Answer
  • Irony
  • Oxymoron
  • Imagery

Question 4

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Being struck by lightning is really a shocking experience!
Answer
  • Irony
  • Pun
  • Parody

Question 5

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He drowned in a sea of grief.
Answer
  • Personification
  • Metaphor
  • Exaggeration

Question 6

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As hot as hell
Answer
  • Simile
  • Intertextuality
  • Oxymoron

Question 7

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"Beep" "Click" "Zip" "Tap"
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  • Parody
  • Pun
  • Onomatopoeia

Question 8

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Her brain is the size of a pea.
Answer
  • Hyperbole
  • Pun
  • Personification

Question 9

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He fumed and charged like an angry bull.
Answer
  • Imagery
  • Personification
  • Cliche

Question 10

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She did not realize that opportunity was knocking at her door.
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  • Personification
  • Pun
  • Cliche
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