Figurative language
Her eyes were fireflies
Metaphor
A man stepping out into a hurricane and saying, “What nice weather we're having!
Verbal Irony
a figure of speech that makes a non-literal comparison between two unlike things
Metaphor
Max does not like sweet foods
We can infer:
Max does not like candy
Writing about the similarities and the differences
Compare and Contrast
The wind caused the trees to start dancing
Personification
A girl is teasing her friend for having mud on his face but she doesn't know that she also has mud on her face.
Dramatic Irony
a warning or indication of (a future event).
Foreshadowing
Jax sneeze a lot during spring
We can infer:
Jax has allergies
listing, describing, or discussing when events happened as they relate to time
Chronological Order
She was graceful as a gazelle
Simile
A police station being robbed
Situational Irony
The writer interrupts the chronological sequence of a story to relate an incident which occurred prior to the beginning of the story.
Flashback
Mandy does not eat meat but loves cheese
We can infer:
Mandy is vegetarian
one or more things happen as a result of something else.
Cause and Effect
He never stops talking
Hyperbole
If you're watching a movie about the Titanic and a character leaning on the balcony right before the ship hits the iceberg says, "It's so beautiful I could just die,"
Dramatic Irony
a reference to a well-known person, character, place, or event that a writer makes to deepen the reader's understanding of their work by creating an association between the work and the reference
Allusion
Their is animal hair all over Sandy clothes
We can infer:
Sandy has a pet
the formation of the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs.
Comparison
Break a leg
Idiom
a soccer-player kicking the ball into his own goal while trying to block a shot
Situational Irony
two contradictory words that describe one thing. While juxtaposition contrasts two story elements,
Oxymoron
if you see someone eating a new food and he or she makes a face
We can infer:
He or She does not like it
multiple points or catalog