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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents. Literary Techniques. Even the snake had a collar and tie. Personification The sentence is personification because a snake is an animal that is bare all over its body. It could not wear human clothes, it is a reptile. Page 50.

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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

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  1. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents Literary Techniques

  2. Even the snake had a collar and tie. Personification The sentence is personification because a snake is an animal that is bare all over its body. It could not wear human clothes, it is a reptile. Page 50

  3. “Oooh, we’re always on widdling”, a rat complained. Hyperbole It is a hyperbole because the rat doesn’t want to widdle. He is expressing a feeling of exaggeration. Page 52

  4. The cupboard was massive, the wood so old at the time had turned it black and as solid and heavy as stone. Simile This is a simile because the sentence is using “as” in it. It is comparing the cupboard to a piece of stone. Page 79 and 80

  5. The crockery started to fall out as it tipped, plate slipping off plate like one glorious chaotic deal from a very expensive pack of cards. Simile This is a simile because it is using “like” in it. The slipping plates is being compared to an expensive deck of cards. Page 81

  6. Even so, some of them survived the fall onto the floor, and so did some of the cups and saucers as the cupboard opened and added to the fun. Personification It is personification because a nonliving thing cannot have human characteristics. The cupboard can’t have fun. Page 81

  7. The silence rang like a bell. Simile This sentence is a simile because it is using like to compare two things. The silence is being compared to a bell. Page 189

  8. All that stuff about their stomachs melting. Hyperbole It is a hyperbole because it is exaggerating the fact of their stomachs melting Stomachs cant melt. Page 223

  9. He could hear his own thoughts, but they were like little chirps of insects against the thunderstorm of his senses. Simile The sentence is a simile because it is using like in it to compare his thoughts to little chirps of insects. Page 187

  10. His back was on fire and he couldn’t breathe. Hyperbole It is a hyperbole because it is exaggerating the fact that his back is on fire. He means to say that his back really hurts. Page 205

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