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What TECHNIQUES are in this quote:

“I was chopping vegetables in the kitchen when I heard voices outside our front door- a woman’s, bright as polished brass, and a man’s low and dark like the wood of the table I was working on. They were the kind of voices we heard rarely in our house. I could hear rich carpets in their voices, books and pearls and fur.”

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Step-by-step explanation:

metaphor - "bright as polished brass" / "rich carpets in..."

simile - "...like the wood of the table..."

first person perspective - "I was chopping vegetables..."

pattern of three - "books and pearls and fur"

repetition - "voices"

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