Figurative Language
A comparison using “like” or “as”
Simile
Repeating beginning sounds in words
Alliteration
A conversation between characters
Dialogue
A comparison without “like” or “as”
Metaphor
Words that create pictures in your mind
Imagery
The perspective from which a story is told
Point of View
Giving human traits to non-human things
Personification
Language beyond literal meaning
Figurative Language
Information that helps prove a point
Support
An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
Placing two things side by side to compare
Juxtaposition
Communicated or expressed
Conveyed
Words that imitate sounds
Onomatopoeia
The pattern of rhymes in a poem
Rhyming Scheme
Hints about what will happen later
Foreshadowing