Descriptive techniques Flashcards
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Simile
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a descriptive technique that compares one thing with another, usually using ‘as’ or ‘like’.
2
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Metaphor
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a descriptive technique that names a person, thing or action as something else.
3
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Hyperbole
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a use of obvious exaggeration for rhetorical effect.
4
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Personification
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a metaphor attributing human feelings to an object.
5
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Pathetic fallacy
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a type of personification where emotions are given to a setting, an object or the weather.
6
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Onomatopoeia
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words that sound a little like they mean.
e.g. BANG! cRaSh!
B O O M !
7
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Oxymoron
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a phrase combining two or more contradictory terms.
8
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Emotive language
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language intended to create an emotional response.
