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| Alliteration | Occurs when the author uses the same letter sound to begin each word in a string of words, such as, "Abbey's alligator ate apples , and asparagus. |
| Allusion | An allusion is a figure of speech that makes reference to a well-known person, event, or place, such as "I was surprised his nose wasn't growing like Pinocchios!" |
| Hyperbole | An exaggerated comment, or line used for effect and not meant to be taken literally. An example is "I 've told you a million time!" |
| Imagery | Language evoking one , some or all of the five senses. An example is, "She ordered a triple scoop of mnt, choloate chip ice cream with hot fudge and whip cream." |
| Metaphor | a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'. An example would be, "You are the llight of my life." |
| Personification | Occurs when the author gives animals, objects, ideas, or actions, the qualities of humans. An example is "The calm sea kissed the southern shore." |
| Simile | A comparison of two unlikely items using 'like' or 'as'. An example is "The pine trees stood as tall as statues." |
| Symbolism | An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning. A symbol's mearning raely changes from text to text. Rainy days always mean a bad day or hard times. |
| Tone | The attitude an author takes toward the subject. |
| Mood | Evokes certain feeling withing the reader. |
| Flashback | a time when the character or narrator goes back to a previous event. |
| Word Choice | An author chooses words to create a special effect. |
| Ellipses | Is a punctuation mark consisiting of three dots. It is used when omitting a word, phrase, line , paragraph or more from a quoted passage |
| Characterization | Development of the character through words, actions or motivations. |
| Style | Is the way a writer writes and it is the techniques which an author uses in their writing. Can be informal or formal. |
| Struture | way in which words are put together; the syntax, |
| Hyphen | used to join words to indicate that they have combined meaning or that they are linked. |
| Dialect | Peculiar language to a specific region or social group. |
| Parentheses | Allows a writer to provide additional |
| Irony | Events that seem deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result. Kidnapper who gives the kid back because the kid is so bad. |
