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Simile

A descriptive technique that compares one thing with another, usually using 'as' or 'like'.




Example - The trees stood as tall as towers.

Metaphor

A descriptive technique that names a person, thing or action as something else .




Example - The circus was a magnet for the children.

Hyperbole

A use of obvious exaggeration for rhetorical effect.




Example - The sun scorched through the day.

Personification

A metaphor attributing human feelings to an object.




Example - The sun smiled at the hills, ready to begin a new day.



Pathetic fallacy

A type of personification where emotions are given to a setting, an object or the weather.




Example - The clouds crowded together suspiciously overhead as the sky darkened.

Onomatopoeia

Words that sound a little like they mean




Example - The autumn leaves and twigs cracked and crunched underfoot.

Oxymoron

A phrase combining two or more contradictory terms.




Example - There was a deafening silence

Emotive language

Language intended to create an emotional response.




Example - A heart-breaking aroma of death filled the air as he surveyed the devastation and destructionthat had befallen them all.