| A | B |
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| allegory | a seemingly simple story that has a deeper meaning (frogs in the pail of milk) |
| theme | a message about life that an author conveys to his/her readers (We can stil hop) |
| allusion | a reference to an event in history, a person, a piece of literature, the Bible, etc. (Lyddie compares Diana to the angel who kept Daniel safe in the lion's den) |
| simile | a comparison using like or as (his eyebrows were as thick as catepillars) |
| metaphor | a comparison w/out using like or as--the object is stated as being something else--(his eyebrows are catepillars that alarmed me) |
| implied metaphor | a comparison w/out using like or as and w/out stating that the object is something else--the comparison is implied instead of being stated directly (his catepillar eyebrows alarmed me) |
| personification | an inanimate (nonliving) object is given human qualities (The looms shuddered and shivered to life) |
| sensory language | language that appeals to one of the five senses--taste, smell, sight, touch, hear--(The glistening moonlight reflecting off the sparkling snow--sight) |
| onomatopoeia | occurs when a word is said and it makes the sound of what it is....(cheerily, cherrily,--the sound of the birds on Lyddie's farm) |
| symbol | an object that stands for something else (the bear in Lyddie represents the obstacles and hardships that Lyddie faces) |
