Definitions
Simile
Comparison using like or as
Personification
Human characteristics to a non-human object.
The sky looked like a painting.
Simile
Give me an example of onomatopoeia
any word that is a sound
Kids could hear the popping and crackling as their mom dropped the bacon into the frying pan, and soon the salty, greasy smell wafted toward me.
Imagery: popping and crackling/ salty, greasy smell
Metaphor
Comparison that doesn't use like or as
Hyperbole
Extreme exaggeration
The story jumped from the page.
Personification
Give me an example of negative connotation of the word inexpensive
cheap/ inferior
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Alliteration (repetition of w at the beginning of multiple words)
Repetition (use of the same word(s) throughout the sentence)
Consonance (repetition of ending sound ck and d
Assonance (repetition of vowel sound oo and ou)
Assonance
Connotation
positive or negative associations of a word.
Time after time
Repetition
Give an example of alliteration
any repeating word sound at the beginning
The world does not care to hear your sad stories.
Personification: the "world" is incapable of having feelings.
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Onomatopoeia
Words that are sounds.
She cried buckets.
Hyperbole
Give an example of positive connotation for the word lazy
Relaxed/ easy going/ passive/ idle
She's a good swimmer, but she is no Ariel.
Allusion: The girl is compared to the famous mermaid, Ariel.
Denotation
Literal definition of a word
Repetition
Uses the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing.
Mike's bike is bright white.
Assonance
Give an example of hyperbole
Any phrase that displays an extreme exaggeration.
Telling a quiet group, “don’t speak all at once”
Irony: Quiet group is not talking; therefore, they would not need to be told not to speak.