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hyperbole |
Exaggeration is the same as hyperbole.
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onomatopoeia |
Onomatopoeia is when it sounds like the word, for example bang.
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personification |
Giving an object human qualities is personification - 'a strong wind menaced the trees'.
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alliteration |
The poet used alliteration to describe the beautiful butterflies.
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simile |
A simile involves comparing one thing to something else.
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triple |
When we repeat a phrase or part of a phrase three times it is known as a triple - 'He came; he saw; he conquered'.
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repetition |
When a word is used more than once, it is called repetition.
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emotive |
Emotive language is language used to create emotion in the reader.
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metaphor |
A metaphor is saying something is something else.
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uncanny |
Uncanny means strange and mysterious. You can have 'an uncanny feeling'.
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