| A | B |
|---|
| simile | compares two different things using the word like or as |
| simile example | the sun is LIKE a yellow ball of fire in the sky |
| metaphor | compares two different things by saying that one is another |
| metaphor example | the cloud is a ship floating on the sea |
| hyperbole | big exaggeration |
| hyperbole example | mile high ice cream cones |
| alliteration | when the words are close together beginning with the same sound |
| alliteration example | the wild and wooly walrus waits and wonders when we'll walk by |
| onomatopoeia | when words imitate sounds |
| onomatopoeia example | pow, bang |
| personification | attaches human qualities to an animal, thing, or idea |
| personification example | the sun smiled down on the two little boys |
| theme | message the author wants to get across to the readers |
| conflict | struggles or problems in the story; man vs. man, man vs. himself, man vs. nature |
| point of view - first person | story told by one of the characters in the story |
| point of view - third person limited omniscient | narrator who tells the thoughts of one character |
| third person omniscient | narrator who tells the thoughts of more than one character |
| camera view | story is told by an observer outside the novel |
| climax | the highest point (turning point) of the action of the story |
| mood | how the piece makes the reader feel; the writer's choice of words communicates both the tone and the mood of the story |
| tone | the writer's attitude toward what he is writing; i.e. serious, humorous, sarcastic, informal, formal |
