| A | B |
|---|
| alliteration | repetition of the first letters of words |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| personification | giving human qualities to something that is not |
| metaphor | comparison with a hidden meaning |
| simile | comparison using "like" or "as" |
| symbolism | a word,thing or picture that represents something else |
| foreshadowing | clues in a story about what will happen later |
| irony | meaning one thing but saying the opposite |
| onomatopeia | a word that imitates the sound |
| idiom | phrase or expression with a figurative meaning different from the literal meaning |
| imagery/sensory detail | when the author appeals to the senses |
| connotation | implied meaning which can be negative or positive. |
| oxymoron | a statement that contains contradictory terms |
| flashback | the author takes the reader back in time to a memory |
| mood | emotional atmosphere produced by author's use of language |
| denotation | The real or dictionary meaning |
