Literary techniques

  • 1. A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
  • 2. Saying one thing is something else
  • 3. Repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of a word
  • 4. Giving a nonliving object human qualities
  • 5. Extreme exaggeration
  • 6. Words that paint a picture in your mind
  • 7. When one thing represents something else
  • a. personification
  • b. simile
  • c. imagery
  • d. alliteration
  • e. hyperbole
  • f. metaphor
  • g. personification
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Literary techniques (Answer Key)

  • b 1. A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
  • f 2. Saying one thing is something else
  • d 3. Repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of a word
  • g 4. Giving a nonliving object human qualities
  • e 5. Extreme exaggeration
  • c 6. Words that paint a picture in your mind
  • a 7. When one thing represents something else
  • a. personification
  • b. simile
  • c. imagery
  • d. alliteration
  • e. hyperbole
  • f. metaphor
  • g. personification

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