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    • metaphors
      • metaphors describe something by saying it is something else
      • "His gaze WAS a laser beam, shooting straight through me"
    • simile
      • similes describe something by saying that its like something else. Using words such as like and as.
        • "Walking through the bog was LIKE wading through treacle"
    • personification
      • describes something as if its a person. this could be the way it moves, looks or sounds
      • The desk groaned under the weight of the books
    • alliteration
      • alliteration is when the words that are close together begin with the same sound
      • "Close Call for Kids"
    • onomatopoeia
      • onomatopoeic words sound like the noises they describe.
      • "Thud" "Hiss" "Smash" "Crackle"

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