Launguage Techniques Flashcards

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Simile

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A comparison showing the similarity between twoquite different things stating that one is like the other for example, his hand was ice

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Bathos

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An abrupt transition in style from the exalted to the commonplace, producing a hummorous effect

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Personification

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Giving something non-human, human attaributes

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Explicit

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Stating somethingopenly and exactly

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Implict

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Implied or suggested but not stated openly

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