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Vocabulary & style
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2 marks
Identify and explain the technique in: 'The silence screamed.'
A
Personification and oxymoron — silence is given a human action, creating a powerful contradiction of absolute quiet feeling deafening
B
Alliteration — repeated 's' sound
C
Simile — compares silence to something
D
Onomatopoeia — the word 'screamed' sounds like a scream
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