Junior Secondary · 8-9 · English Language Arts
What literary device compares two things using 'like' or 'as'?
Simile
What literary device compares two things by saying one IS the other, without using 'like' or 'as'?
Metaphor
What literary device gives human qualities to non-human things?
Personification
What do we call the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words, like 'Peter Piper picked'?
Alliteration
What do we call an exaggeration used for effect, like 'I've told you a million times'?
Hyperbole
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