Definitions
Repetition of similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is Alliteration?
Personification
What is giving human-like characteristics to non-human objects?
Unfortunately, I knew there was no getting through to her. When Margot was betrayed, she had a heart turned to stone.
What is a Metaphor?
What is an Anecdote?
Anecdote
What is a brief story from the past about something or someone?
Repetition of similar vowel sounds
What is Assonance?
Will wondered wearily if he would ever wake up to a water balloon fight.
What is Alliteration?
The sun rose like a fiery cannon shooting from the sky.
What is a Simile?
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
What is a Simile?
A word that sounds similar to what it is describing
What is Onomatopoeia?
Jimmy had always been my best friend. The thing I loved about him most? His smile was a mile wide.
What is an Anecdote?
What is a Hyperbole?
What is a Metaphor?
The ocean waves whispered secrets to the shore
What is Personification?
Hyperbole
What is an intentional exaggeration?
Metaphor
What is comparing two things without using "like" or "as"?
Outside of the unlit room, I see the rain go drip trip drip all the way down the lid of my pickle jar.
What is Assonance?
or
What is Onomatopoeia?
"Quick! Act natural; Mom just pulled into the driveway!" My confidence that we'd get the house cleaned up in time grew smaller with each step she took toward the house.
What is an Oxymoron?
Repetition of a word/words at the start of phrases, clauses, or sentences
What is Anaphora?
Oxymoron
What is placing contradictory words next to each other?
Ain't no mountain high enough. Ain't no valley low enough. Ain't no river wide enough.
What is Anaphora?
It wasn't long before they crashed into the wall. Bam! Their head hit the stone with an echoing boom. "Ouch!"
What is Onomatopoeia?