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Time is a thief
Metaphor
The sun was as large as a ball of butter
simile
The road was a ribbon of moonlight
Metaphor
The story leapt off the page
personification
It was the best day ever!
Hyperbole
A boiled egg every morning is hard to beat
Pun
What is the name of the technique where a text contains vairous words that relate to the same theme
Semantic field
What is the name of the technique that describes gory, gruesome events in vivid detail
Graphic language
It was awfully good
Oxymoron
The swishing sound of the swaying trees
Alliteration
The trees of the forest watched sympathetically over the lost child
Personification
The old car awoke reluctantly from it's slumber, coughing a spluttering until it broke out into a loud road
Personification
The heartless teacher continued to ruthlessly set exam questions for the weary students
Emotive language
When a word sounds like the noise being described
onomatopoeia
