LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
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“The tea cup clinked and clanged as I put it down on the plate” is an example of:
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simile
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onomatopoeia
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personification
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hyperbole
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -So it is an example of an onomatopoeia. Another example of the onomatopoeia is this: “He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes", where “clattered” and “clanged” are onomatopoeic since they imitate the actual sounds.
Detailed explanation-2: -A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP: Onomatopoeia.
Detailed explanation-3: -A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares one thing to another for rhetorical effect. One of the most famous examples of metaphor in the English language also happens to be a great example of this technique.
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