PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Simile - compares two different objects using "like" or "as"
Metaphor - compares two different objects without using "like" or "as"
Ex. The snow is a white blanket
Personification - gives a thing, idea, or an animal human qualities
Ex. The flowers are dancing in the breeze.
Hyperbole - exaggeration of actions and ideas
Ex. Your backpack weighs a ton.
Alliteration - words having the same beginning sound
Ex. Better butter bakes batter better.
Imagery - words or pictures that create a mental image for the reader often using the five senses
Theme - life lesson, meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature that is communicated through a literary work
Ex. Good triumphs evil.
Stanza - a group of related lines in a poem
Rhyming words - words that end with the same sound
Ex. Ocean, motion
Limerick - a humorous five line poem
Haiku - a three line poem with 17 syllable in a 5-7-5 syllable pattern
Assonance - repetition of vowel sounds
Ex. She feeds the deer.
Analogy - a likeness between two things that are not alike
Ex. wings of a bird and the arms of a person
Symbolism - a concrete thing that is meant to represent something else
Ex. Our flag represents the U.S.A.
