Question
Question: Read the sentence below and name the descriptive technique used.
"The wind whispered secrets through the keyhole."
Mark scheme (1 mark):
- 1 mark for: personification (accept: human qualities given to non-human things).
- Do not accept: simile, metaphor (general), alliteration alone.
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