A | B |
literary device | something an author uses to make the story more interesting |
analogy | finding the similarities between 2 things in order to make another comparison |
hyperbole | an extreme exaggeration |
personification | giving human qualities to an object |
figurative language | words which don't mean what they first appear to mean. Ex:"you 3 put your heads together: doesn't mean to bump heads |
imagery | use of details to create a sensory experience (use of 5 senses) |
metaphor | compares 2 different objects without using like or as |
simile | compares 2 different things using like or as |
idiom | a phrase which means something different from what the words actually say |