language devices

1. Deliberate exaggeration for effect (e.g., "I've told you a million times").
5. Comparing two things using "like" or "as" (e.g., "as brave as a lion").
7. Saying one thing is another to create a striking comparison (e.g., "her voice was music").
9. Words that sound like the noise they describe (e.g., "hiss," "bang").
10. Giving human qualities to animals or objects (e.g., "the wind whispered").

2. Fallacy Giving human emotions to nature, often used to set a mood (e.g., "the gloomy clouds").
3. Placing two contradictory words together (e.g., "deafening silence").
4. Hints or clues about what will happen later in the story.
6. Repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words.
8. Descriptive language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste).