Language Techniques

Language Techniques

1. Personification

   • Giving human characteristics to a non human object
     • Example- Lightning danced across the sky

2. Metaphor

   • Comparing two things saying is another
     • Example- The snow is a white blanket

3. Alliteration

   • Words beginning with the same letter or sound
     • Example- She sells sea shells

4. Sibilance

   • Words beginning with s or sh
     • Example-Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore

5. Personification

   • Giving human characteristics to a non human object
     • EXAMPLE- Lightning danced across the sky

6. Metaphor

   • Comparing two things saying is another
     • EXAMPLE- The snow is a white blanket

7. Alliteration

   • Words beginning with the same letter or sound
     • EXAMPLE- She sells sea shells on the sea shore

8. Sibilance

   • Words beginning with the same letter or sound
     • EXAMPLE- Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore

9. Onomatopoeia

   • Words that sound like the the sound
     • EXAMPLE- BANG! POP!