Descriptive Techniques

What technique is in this sentence: Rows upon rows of trees stood patiently waiting for the rain.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Power of three

What techniques is in this sentence: Her smile grew and grew and grew until she couldn't smile anymore.

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

What technique is in this sentence: Dragging her heavy feet behind her the girl could hear a melody of squelching and sloshing.

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Power of three

• Repetition

What technique is in this sentence: A golden waterfall of hair trickled gently down her back.

• Power of three

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

What technique is in this sentence: The room was empty, bare and abandoned.

• Power of three

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

What technique is in this sentence: His smile was like a crooked old chimney that hadn't been used in hundreds of years.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

What technique is in this sentence: Hundreds of hurrying hares hounded through the howling winds.

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

What technique is in this sentence: The kind moon smiled down at its world.

• Power of Three

• Personification

• Simile

• Repetition

What technique is in this sentence:

It was chaos! The whole room sounded as if there were hundreds upon thousands of foghorns bellowing into the cluttered air.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Repetition

• Alliteration

What technique is in this sentence: Babbling brooks and running rivers chased each other down the mountain's edge.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Power of three