Terms
Definition of personification
What is: giving an object or animal human-like qualities?
Comparing two things using like or as
What is a simile?
This bag weighs a ton.
What is an example of a hyperbole?
Words that describe a sound.
The author hints at something that will happen in the future.
What is foreshadowing?
Definition of metaphor
What is: a comparison that says one thing is something else?
Comparing two things by saying one thing is something else
What is a metaphor?
The last piece of cake called my name.
What is an example of a personification?
When the beginning sound in a word repeats several times
What is an alliteration?
The author describes something that happened in the past.
What is a Flashback?
Definition of simile
What is: a comparison that uses like or as?
Giving an object or an animal human-like qualities
What is a personification?
The duck said to the bartender, "Put it on my bill."
What is an example of a pun?
When the author repeats the same word or phrase for emphasis.
What is repetition?
Definition of idiom
What is: words that when put together mean something different that the literal meaning?
Describing something using the five senses to create a picture in the reader's mind
What is imagery?
I'm going to hit the sack.
What is an example of an idiom?
The technique the author uses when they describe the creak and bang sounds the door makes when it closes.
What is onomatopoeia?
The literary technique an author is using when Juliet remarks that Romeo looks gray, like he is at the bottom of a tomb, as he leaves her residence.
What is foreshadowing?
Definition of hyperbole
What is: a statement that is exaggerated to convey a certain idea or emotion?
A funny statement that plays on the multiple meanings of a word
What is a pun?
The silence was deafening
What is an example of an oxymoron?
The technique the author uses in the sentence ""Up from his swampland, sliding silently..."
What is alliteration?
The technique the author used when they describe a person as being a real Scrooge.
What is an allusion?