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Top Six Literary Techniques
Match each technique to its correct definition.
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Literary Technique
1
Descriptive Writing
(Imagery)
2
Comparing Things
(Metaphor and Simile)
3
Symbolism
Sound devices (Alliteration
and Onomatopoeia
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Irony
Hyperbole (Exaggeration)
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Definition
When authors use objects, people, or ideas to stand for
bigger things. For example,
a heart might symbolize love
, or
dark storm might symbolize trouble.
When something unexpected or opposite to what you think
will happen occurs. It could be something funny or when
someone says the opposite
of what they mean, like calling
a
big person "Tiny."
When authors choose combinations of words that have the
same or similar sounds - for
example 'The wind whistled
wildly through the trees' - or when the
sound of the word
matches its meaning - for example 'boom', 'crack',
'pop',
'crunch.'.
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Using words to create pictures in your mind by describing
things using words that appeal to your senses, like what you
see, hear, taste, touch, and smell.
When something is too good to be true and is not meant to
be taken literally but to emphasise a point or create a vivid
image-for example, "I will love you until the end of time.'.
When writers say one thing is like another thing to help you
understand it better --for example, 'He ran like the wind';
'Love is a battlefield.'
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