Literary Devices
a comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
The speaker is within the story
What is first person point of view?
#1 on poem #1
the smile
an evil joke
What is a hoax?
Swoosh! Vroom! Honk! Quack!
a comparison without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
When the speaker is not within the story
What is third person point of view?
very dry
Arid
I'm so hungry, I could eat a whale!
Hyperbole
when the author repeats the same sounds at the beginning or the middle of a phrase of words
What is alliteration?
When the speaker addresses the reader
What is second person point of view?
#3 on Poem #1
Like I'm a run down clock
to save something from being wasted
conserve
Look at those long lasting lashes!
Alliteration
Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman
What is personification?
POV that uses "I,we,us,me"
What is first person point of view?
Full of energy or enthusiasm
vibrant
My life is a long, swaying river rushing to and fro.
Metaphor
An exaggeration that is not meant literally
What is a hyperbole?
POV using "he, she, they, them"
What is third person point of view?
seldom
The smell of the pizza jumped right up my nose!
Personification