Definitions
What is a Simile?
Comparing two things USING the words like or as.
He wore overalls and a flannel shirt, his hands calloused from years of hard work in the fields.
Description
The wind howled like a wolf as it clawed at the windows.
What is a connection?
A similarity or relationship being drawn between things.
Simile.
Comparison using like or as.
What is a Metaphor?
Comparing two things by saying one thing is another.
My alarm clock screamed at me to wake up this morning.
Personification.
Her determination was a steel wall, unbreakable even under pressure.
Hyperbole and Metaphor
What is a distinction?
A difference being pointed out or expressed between things.
Metaphor
Saying one thing is another in order to compare.
What is a hyperbole?
An overexaggeration.
Ravens are supposed to mean death.
Symbolism.
He ran like Icarus chasing the sun, fear melting away behind him.
Allusion and Simile
What does it mean to convey?
To make an idea understandable to someone. To demonstrate or show.
Hyperbole.
An overexaggeration.
What is personification?
Giving an unhuman, or inanimate, object humanlike characteristics.
He was a real Michael Jackson out there during the talent show.
Allusion
The old house stood as a representation of forgotten dreams, its windows staring blankly at the street.
Symbolism and Personification
What is a point of view?
The perspective that a story is being told from, the views and understanding of a specific narrator.
Personification
Giving an inanimate object human-like characteristics.
What is symbolism?
Symbolism is when one thing is used to represent something else beyond its literal meaning.
There was a really quiet student I had who drew a lot, she ended up becoming a professional illustrator.
Anecdote
The golden, dust-filled sunlight stretched across the abandoned room, a blanket of fading warmth.
Description and Metaphor
What is a significant idea?
An idea important to be shown attention or understood.
Allusion.
Using a well-known person, art, literature, or entertainment to make a connection/ comparison.