Literary/Language Techniques

The repeated use of the particular letter 's' at the beginning of phrases or words close together in the sentence

• Alliteration

• Sibilance

• Short sentences

• Structure

Example of a fricative word:

• Push

• Tie

• Fierce

• Kick

There was Lily and Thomas and our little puppy, Milo, all cramped at the back of the car.

• Polysyndeton

• Elongated sentence

• Pathetic fallacy

• Listing

As Rachel heard the good news, she looked up at the sky to see the bright sun's rays beaming down on her face.

• Auditory imagery

• Simile

• Pathetic fallacy

• Olfactory imagery

When TASTE is used to help create an image in the reader's mind, the literary technique is called:

• Onomatopoeia

• Gustatory imagery

• Olfactory imagery

• Plosive

Find an example of a metaphor:

• She was as quiet as a mouse

• He was as tall as a giraffe

• He was taller than a giraffe

• She looked like a car wreck

An example of Alliteration:

• Her eyes shone brightly

• The sky is crying

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

• Let it snow. Let it snow

The smell of the sausage sizzles wafted through the school

• Olfactory imagery

• Gustatory imagery

• Tricolon

• Polysyndeton

Which 2 imagery types can be identified: The chirping birds flew rapidly across the river that meandered across the farm house to the outskirts of the mountain plains.

• Auditory imagery & Gustatory imagery

• Tactile imagery & Gustatory imagery

• Olfactory imagery & Visual imagery

• Auditory imagery & Visual imagery

Which three techniques are shown in this example?: Miss Chan paced back and forth around the classroom, her eyes darted from student to student as they worked quietly. BANG! Miss Chan spun swiftly around when she heard a noise from the window.

• Pathetic fallacy, Alliteration & Visual imagery

• Personification, Metaphor & Auditory imagery

• Visual imagery, Onomatopoeia & Sibilance