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What technique is used in the phrase 'I told you to clean the house a million times!'?
What technique is used in the phrase 'Sounds like you need to see a specialist'?
Sibilance
What technique is used in the phrase 'Roger's performance was amazingly bad'?
Oxymoron
What technique is used in the phrase 'The melancholy moon shone slightly less bright every day'?
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What technique is used in the phrase 'Do you think you're doing enough to help the hundreds of homeless children in our society?'
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What technique is used in the phrase 'I wasn't scared until I saw the trees flexing their claws at me as I ran past'?
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What technique is used in the phrase 'Your explanation is as clear as mud'?
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What technique is used in the phrase 'My son is a greyhound out of the blocks when it's hometime'?
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What technique is used in the phrase 'The wind licked my face as it flew past in a flurry'?
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What technique is used in the phrase 'Henry ran at the speed of light'?
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What technique is used in the phrase 'The trees stood as tall as towers'?
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What technique is used in the phrase 'The sun scorched through the day'?
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What technique is used in the phrase 'The sun smiled at the hills, ready to begin a new day'?
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What technique is used in the phrase 'The clouds crowded together suspiciously overhead as the sky darkened'?
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What technique is used in the phrase 'There was a deafening silence'?
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What technique is used in the phrase 'The autumn leaves and twigs cracked and crunched underfoot'?
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What technique is used in the phrase 'The circus was a magnet for the children'?
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What technique is used in the phrase 'A heart-breaking aroma of death filled the air as he surveyed the devastation and destruction that had befallen them all'?
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Study Notes
Figurative Language Techniques
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Hyperbole: Exaggeration for emphasis or effect
- "I told you to clean the house a million times!"
- "Henry ran at the speed of light"
- "The sun scorched through the day"
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Sibilance: Repetition of 's' or similar sounds for a hissing effect
- "Sounds like you need to see a specialist"
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Oxymoron: Contradictory terms used together
- "Roger's performance was amazingly bad"
- "There was a deafening silence"
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Pathetic Fallacy: Attribution of human emotions to nature or inanimate objects
- "The melancholy moon shone slightly less bright every day"
- "The clouds crowded together suspiciously overhead as the sky darkened"
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Emotive Language: Words used to evoke strong feelings
- "Do you think you're doing enough to help the hundreds of homeless children in our society?"
- "A heart-breaking aroma of death filled the air as he surveyed the devastation and destruction that had befallen them all."
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Personification: Giving human characteristics to non-human things
- "I wasn't scared until I saw the trees flexing their claws at me as I ran past"
- "The wind licked my face as it flew past in a flurry"
- "The sun smiled at the hills, ready to begin a new day"
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Simile: Comparison using 'like' or 'as'
- "Your explanation is as clear as mud."
- "The trees stood as tall as towers."
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Metaphor: Direct comparison without using 'like' or 'as'
- "My son is a greyhound out of the blocks when it's hometime."
- "The circus was a magnet for the children."
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Onomatopoeia: A word that imitates a sound
- "The autumn leaves and twigs cracked and crunched underfoot."
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