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Comparing two things using the words 'like' or 'as'.
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Imagery
Comparing things by saying it literally is something else.
Metaphor
Simile
Short sentence
Contrast
When 2 or more words next to each other start with the same sound.
Imagery
Rhetorical Question
Alliteration
Short sentence
A list of three things in a sentence.
Power of 3
Short sentence
Metaphor
Simile
When the same word or phrase is written over and over again.
Alliteration
Repetition
Personification
Rhetorical question
This technique asks something that does not need an answer.
Imagery
Alliteration
Simile
Rhetorical question
A sentence that only has a few words in it.
Short sentence
Repetition
Imagery
Metaphor
Giving something that is not human, human qualities.
Contrast
Rhetorical question
Alliteration
Personification
Lots of items separated by commas.
Short sentence
List
Simile
Repetition
Description of sight, sound, taste, smell and touch.
Personification
Onomatopoeia
5 senses
Metaphor
Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Short Sentence
Imagery
Description that helps the reader build a picture in their mind.
Contrast
Simile
Alliteration
Imagery
A word that describes a sound.
Senses
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Alliteration
When there is a big difference between two things; almost opposites.
Contrast
Rhetorical question
Simile
Personification
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