LANGUAGE TECHNIQUES

Cards (8)

  • Simile
    Comparing two things using like or as
  • Metaphor
    describing something by stating it is something else
  • alliteration
    The use of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words
  • Onomatopoeia
    Words that imitate sounds
  • Hyperbole
    Use of exaggeration
  • Personification
    Giving human characteristics to something non human
  • Semantic field
    A group of words connected to each other
  • Sensory language
    brings language to life , tells the reader every single bit they would want to know