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A person, object, or image that represents something deeper.
What is a Symbol?
A comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as.”
What is Simile?
A direct comparison between two unlike things without using “like” or “as.”
What is Metaphor?
Language that stimulates the five senses.
What is Imagery?
Repeating words or phrases to emphasize an idea or create rhythm.
What is Repetition?
Example: Nevermore! Nevermore! Nevermore!
What is Repetition?
Example: Her eyes shone like stars.
What is Simile?
Example: Buzz, crash, bang, sizzle, pop!
What is Onomatopoeia?
Example: The wind whispered through the trees.
What is Personification?
Example: A heart often represents love; a storm may represent chaos or conflict.
What is Symbolism?
Example: He’s a real Romeo with the ladies.
What is Allusion?
Example: Bittersweet, jumbo shrimp, deafening silence.
What is Oxymoron?
Example: Her voice is music to my ears.
What is Metaphor?
Example: I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is Hyperbole?
Example: The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.
What is Assonance?
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
What is Onomatopoeia?
Extreme exaggeration used to make a point or create humor.
What is Hyperbole?
Giving human qualities or actions to non-human things.
What is Personification?
The author’s word choice.
What is Diction?
The emotion that the text is meant to convey.
What is Tone?
The repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.
What is Assonance?
The repetition of the same beginning consonant sound in a series of words.
What is Alliteration?
A combination of two opposite or contradictory words.
What is Oxymoron?
A humorous play on words that sound alike but have different meanings.
What is a Pun?
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or piece of literature.
What is Allusion?