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Maybe try showing more fear of the spider, like shaking, sweating, etc.. You could also try dragging out the part before you kill the spider, like when you're walking towards it. When you end the story, you can say something about how the spider was small, probably couldn't hurt you, and other things like that.
Explanation:
Here's an example of this:
I frantically scanned my room for a weapon, I could feel my heart trying to beat out of my chest, my eyes locked on my blue slippers. I grabbed them, my hands were shaking, my knuckles were white, fear and dread bubbled up inside of me. I moved slowly, shaking more and more and I got closer to the 8-legged demon. When the spider was in swinging range, I took a deep breath, I could barely breathe and I was panicking. In my head, I shouted, "I am bigger than that spider; I will kill that spider!" Gripping my blue slippers I swung. I held my slipper there, pressed against the wall, one, two, three. Just then I realized that the spider was probably dead, I quickly dropped the slipper and scrambled to the other side of my room, then I realized...
These are just some ideas, but I hope this helps :) please excuse the not so great paragraph
Answer:
root word prefix and suffix
Examples are: metaphor, simile, alliteration, hyperbole, allegory etc. In contrast to Literary Elements, Literary Techniques are not unavoidable aspect of literary works.
