Language Techniques

Simile

Comparing two things using "like" or "as"

Metaphor

Calling one thing something else directly

Personification

Giving human traits to non-human things

Analogy

Comparing two different things to show a shared point

Alliteration

Repeating the same starting sound in words

Onomatopoeia

Using words that sound like their meaning

Assonance

Repeating similar vowel sounds close together

Consonance

Repeating consonant sounds inside words

Imagery

Using descriptive words that appeal to the five senses

Hyperbole

Using extreme exaggeration for effect

Symbolism

Using an object to represent a bigger idea

Oxymoron

Putting two opposite words together

Repetition

Repeating words or ideas for emphasis

Rhetorical Question

Asking a question that does not need an answer

Emotive Language

Words chosen to make the reader feel a strong emotion

Juxtaposition

Placing two contrasting things side by side to highlight their differences

Paradox

A statement that seems contradictory but reveals a deeper truth (e.g., the beginning of the end).

Allusion

Making a brief, indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or text

Euphemism

Using a mild or polite phrase instead of a harsh or blunt one (e.g., passed away instead of died).