Define
Verb
Action or 'doing' word
Idiom
Raining cats and dogs
A piece of cake
Go slow over the road
Assonance
Conjunction
And, if, but
Contrast
In literature, an author uses contrast when they describe the difference between two or more entities
Assonance
Resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, arising particularly from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels, but not consonants.
Metaphor
Feeling blue
Rollercoaster of emotions
I told you I have a cat, a dog, and a bird as pets.
Listing
Alliteration
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Adverb
Cliche
A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought
Rhyme
Big pig dig
Pretty ugly
Awfully good
Oxymoron
Adjective
enormous, doglike, silly, yellow, fun, fast
Connotation
An idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Allusion
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference
Abstract noun
Love, time, beauty, and science
The wind howled in the night.
Personification
Dialogue
Write the proper format
He/she/they said, "..."
Juxtaposition
The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
Colloquial language
Is casual or conversational language, usually select to people of a certain geographical area.
Personification
Danced in the wind
Yah nah
Chur
Buggar all
Colloquial language
Simple sentence
The train was late.
Abstract noun
Abstract nouns represent intangible ideas—things you can't perceive with the five main senses