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Language techniques

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7 English Flashcards on Language techniques, created by hjames.452800 on 09/11/2013.

Flashcards by hjames.452800, updated more than 1 year ago

	Created by hjames.452800 over 10 years ago

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Question	Answer
Metaphor	Saying one thing is another
Simile	Comparing two things using like or as
Personification	Making something that is not alive sound like it is alive
Onomatopoeia	the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
Assonance	Repeating a sound
Alliteration	Repeating the first sound of a word to emphasise a point

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