Year 8 Literary Techniques

A literary technique using the repetition of two or more nearby words beginning with the same consonant sounds.

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A comparison between two things that continues over multiple sentences or paragraphs

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A literary technique that makes a direct comparison between two things

An expression with a commonly understood meaning, different from its literal meaning e.g. It's raining cats and dogs

A literary technique that makes a comparison between two things using the words “like” or “as.”

When something non-human is given human qualities

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A literary technique that creates heightened effect through deliberate exaggeration.

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A literary technique where the word sounds like the noise being described

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