What is the technique?
Crash! Bang! Pow!
Onomatopoeia
He was as fast as a cheetah.
Simile
You can see it.
Visual Imagery
Simile
He was a cheetah running that race.
Metaphor
You can hear it.
Auditory Imagery
It's not similar, it is what it says
Metaphor
He was so fast, like OMG, he sped down that lane.
Hyperbole
You can smell it.
Olfactory Imagery
It's over-dramatic, exaggerated, not taken literally.
Hyperbole
You can taste it.
Gustatory Imagery
Human characteristics or behaviours on non-human entities.
Anthropomorphism
He was a cheetah, running that race. No literally, he can speak even though he is a cheetah.
Anthropomorphism
You can touch it.