literary techniques

What kind of figurative language is being used?

Avery ate an amazing apple at Andrew's.

In Chugbo Ugwuoke’s Ogadimma- The Diary of a Housemaid,

"Mrs. Bello feels a sense of familiarity when she looks at Ogadi, hinting that she is in fact her long lost daughter."

This implies the use of

• clairvoyance

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• imagery

I miss you like the slow rain and blue nights. (Sade)

• simile

• metaphor

• personifcation

• imagery

It seems to me you live your life like a candle in the wind. (Elton John)

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery

"The engine roared" is an example of:

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Repetition

• Simile

The world is a vampire. (Smashing Pumpkins)

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery

Using details or adjective to create a mental picture in the reader's mind

• hyperbole

• imagery

• idioms

• mood

These are all examples of...

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of words that are near to each other. Often used in poetry. (Example: Seven slippery snakes slithered sneakily southwards.)

• tone

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

You live your life like a canary in a coalmine. (The Police)

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery