Literary techniques

  • A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
  • Saying one thing is something else
  • Repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of a word
  • Giving a nonliving object human qualities
  • Extreme exaggeration
  • Words that paint a picture in your mind
  • When one thing represents something else
  • alliteration
  • personification
  • hyperbole
  • simile
  • metaphor
  • personification
  • imagery
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Literary techniques (Answer Key)

  • A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
  • Saying one thing is something else
  • Repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of a word
  • Giving a nonliving object human qualities
  • Extreme exaggeration
  • Words that paint a picture in your mind
  • When one thing represents something else
  • alliteration
  • personification
  • hyperbole
  • simile
  • metaphor
  • personification
  • imagery

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