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What two techniques are used here? She had hair as golden as the sunrise
Simile and Visual Imagery
The coolness of the fresh sheets.
Tactile/Kinaesthetic Imagery
The sweet fragrance of honeysuckle always reminded Jenny of her mother's perfume.
Olfactory Imagery
The incessant honks of impatient drivers fill my ears whilst the faint melody from the guitar of a street busker sounds in the distance.
Auditory Imagery
The great clock strikes twelve, the chimes cutting through the noisy hustle and bustle of the city
Auditory Imagery
Her brain functioned at the rate of a computer.
Metaphor
He was as quiet as a mouse.
Simile
The duck said to the bartender, put it on my bill.
Pun
A bicycle cannot stand on its own because it is two-tired.
Pun
What is it called when words or phrases are repeated at the end of successive clauses?
Epistrophe
What is it called when words or phrases are repeated at the beginning of successive clauses?
Anaphora
What does a suitcase symbolise?
Travel
What do white doves symbolise?
Peace
What do red roses symbolise?
Love/Romance
The old man walked down the street, down the street, down the street.
Repetition
Short, sharp sentences are called what?
Truncated sentences
I feel like a million bucks
Hyperbole
What two techniques are used here? The car coughed, hacked, and spluttered.
Personification and Onomatopoeia
What two techniques are used here? The tree felt smooth like sandstone.
Tactile/Kinaesthetic Imagery and Simile.
The tree spread its gigantic, sun-flecked shoulders.
Visual Imagery
His brothers fight like cats and dogs.
Simile
Peter Piper picked a pot of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
My teacher is a dragon.
Metaphor
shush, honk, beep
Onomatopoeia
The warm doughnut tasted sweet with hints of vanilla and strawberry.
Gustatory Imagery
The sweet aroma of the freshly baked chocolate chip cookies wafted from the kitchen to the living room, causing Greg’s stomach to rumble.
Olfactory Imagery
Oh my god, I haven't seen you in a million years!
Hyperbole
Her eyes were diamonds.
Metaphor
Lightning danced across the sky.
Personification
As cold as ice.
Simile
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