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Language and Structure Techniques
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Language and Structure Techniques
📚 Part 1: Identifying Language Techniques
1. Which language technique is used in "The wind whispered through the trees"?
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Alliteration
2. Identify all the techniques used in "Her eyes were diamonds, sparkling in the darkness":
Metaphor
Imagery
Alliteration
Assonance
3. What structural technique is shown when a story begins at the end and then flashes back?
Circular structure
Non-linear narrative
Chronological order
Foreshadowing
✏️ Part 2: Analysis Practice
4. Read this extract:
"The fog crept silently across the city, wrapping its grey fingers around every building and street corner."
Identify two language techniques used and explain their effects:
5. Explain how this opening creates tension:
"The end came suddenly. Nobody was prepared for what happened next..."
6. What structural technique is being used when a writer drops subtle hints about future events? Explain its purpose.
🎨 Part 3: Creative Application
7. Write a short sentence using personification to describe rain:
8. Create a simile to describe an old house:
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