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Description
Flashcards by Dawn Potter, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Dawn Potter
about 4 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Simile | a descriptive technique that compares one thing with another, usually using 'as' or 'like' |
| Metaphor | a descriptive technique that maes a person, thing or action as something else. |
| Hyperbole | a use of obvious exaggeration for rhetorical effect |
| 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 |
| Oxymoron | a phrase combining two or more contradictory terms |
| Emotive language | language intended to create an emotional response |
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