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A word that mimics the sound it makes e.g. zoom, bang, ooh, oh, ow
Onomatopoeia
A word or phrase used to compare objects, ideas, thoughts or feelings to provide a clearer description.
Metaphor
Comparing two things using “like”, ‘than” or “as”.
Simile
Words that end with the same sound.
Rhyme
Repeating (saying more than once) a word or phrase.
Repetition
Brief reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical or cultural significance.
Allusion
Repetition of similar or the same sounds at the start of words.
Alliteration
Giving human traits (emotions, desires, movements, gestures and speech) no non-human things (elements, animals, objects etc.).
Personification
A question that does not require an answer.
Rhetorical Question
Extreme exaggeration.
Hyperbole
Using language to create an image in the reader’s head.
Imagery
A heart of gold
Metaphor
Pretty as a picture
Simile
The snow danced to the ground
Personification/Imagery
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse
Hyperbole
Boom, clap the sound of my heart...
Onomatopoeia
