Authors purpose
To inform
What is: give someone facts or information
Personification
What is: the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
Resolution
What is: a firm decision to do or not to do something.
To persuade
What is to cause someone to do something through reasoning or argument
Simile
What is: to compare 2 things with like or as
To entertain
What is to provide someone with amusement or enjoyment
Metaphor
To compare 2 things without using like or as
To compare
What is to note the similarity or dissimilarity between.
Onomatopoeia
What is: the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (ex: BOOM
To express
What is to convey a thought or feeling in words or by gestures and conduct
Hyperbole
What is: the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named... -_- 0_0