| A | B |
|---|
| metaphor | “When comparing one thing to something else but the author does not use like or as when comparing” |
| simile | “When comparing one thing to something else and the author uses like or as when comparing” |
| personification | “when the author gives inanimate objects characteristics of a person” |
| hyperbole | “an over exaggeration of something” |
| imagery | “words in the story or poem that appeal to the 5 senses that the |
| foreshadowing | “when the author drops hints about future events in the story” |
| symbol | “something that has its own meaning and stands for something beyond itself" |
| irony | “the opposite of what is said or written and what is meant” |
| alliteration | "repetition of similar consonant sounds at the beginning of each word" |
| onomatopoeia | "use of words that imitate noise/sounds such as drip, hiss, ding-dong, & tlot-tlot" |
