Personification
Giving human-like qualities to inanimate objects!
What is Personification.
The chef loves the sound of bacon sizzling in a cast iron skillet.
What is sizzling.
This literary device compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" to create a more vivid description.
What is Simile.
The repetition of the same consonant sound in a phrase or sentence.
What is Alliteration.
How the story unfolds.
What is Plot.
The wind whispered through the trees.
What is whispered.
The clanging pots and pans woke everyone in the house.
What is clanging.
The bad news hit me like a ton of bricks.
What is bad news and bricks.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is the "P" sound.
The central idea or underlying message of the story.
What is Theme.
The tired old car coughed.
What is car and coughed.
A literary device used by authors to make words suggest the sound that it describes.
What is Onomatopoeia.
The town was like an old photograph, faded at the edges but sharp in the center.
What is the town and old photograph.
Rustling leaves created a rhythmic ripple in the tranquil river.
What is the "R" sound.
The people, animals, or beings who play a role in a story.
What is Character.
The leaves rustled in the wind, gossiping with each other.
What is rustled and gossiping.
The snake slithered and hissed.
What is hissed.
Her courage was like a candle in a storm, flickering but never going out.
What is candle and storm.
The mysterious moonlight melted through the misty meadow.
What is the "M" sound.
The time and location where a story takes place.
What is Setting.
The pen eagerly scribbled down the writer's thoughts.
What is eagerly (scribbled).
The lunch lady plopped a scoop of something on Kristin's lunch tray.
What is plopped.
Quiet as a mouse.
What is quiet and mouse.
Silent and still, the serpent slithered through the shadows.
What is the "S" sound.
The perspective from which the story is told - such as first-person or third-person.
What is Point of View.