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Date: ___________________________________

Literary techniques

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

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

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