one subject is implied to be another so as to draw a comparison between their similarities and shared traits.
(Henry was a lion on the battlefield”)
100
Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare
100
Scrutinize
To examine closely
100
Dictator of Rome.Gets killed very early in the story
Julius Caesar
200
Allusion
Refers to a subject matter such as a place, event, or literary work by way of a passing reference.
200
"The Fish"
Elizabeth Bishop
200
Orthodox
Conventional
200
A close friend of Julius Caesar who betrays him.
Brutus
300
Anthropomorphism
Giving a human quality, emotion or ambition to a non-human object or being.
300
"My Papa's Waltz"
Theodore Roethke
300
Amiable
Friendly
300
A friend of Caesar who after his death vows to seek revenge.
Antony
400
Simile
Drawing parallels or comparisons between two unrelated and dissimilar things, people, beings, places and concepts.
(Henry was like a lion on the battlefield)
400
The Odyssey
Homer
400
Heed
To listen to
400
The leader of the conspirators. He tricked Brutus into joining them in their attempt to kill Caesar.
Cassius
500
Epithet
Used to add to a person or place’s regular name and attribute some special quality to the same.
(“Alexander the Great” is the epithet commonly used to refer to Alexander III of Macedon)
500
"A Bird came down The Walk"
Emily Dickinson
500
Hypothetical
Uncertain, Unproven
500
Reinterprets Caesar's wife's dream to trick him into going to the Senate to be killed.