Hyperbole - Use of extreme exaggeration to make a point. Example: Our teacher gave us 10 million pages to read tonight!, Simile - A DIRECT comparison of two or more things. Uses the word “Like” or “As”. Example: She is giggling like a hyena., Metaphor - An implicit or implied comparison between two things. Does not use “Like” or “As”. Example: She was the black sheep of the family., Allusion - Reference to a historical person, place, event, idea, or piece of literature. Example: Taylor Swift´s song ¨Love Story¨ reference Shakespeare´s ¨Romeo and Juliet¨, Alliteration - Using words that start with the same sound, usually for added emphasis. Example: Sally sells seashells by the seashore., Personification - Giving human qualities to non-living or inanimate objects. Example: The wind sang a beautiful song., Onomatopoeia - Words that sound like their meaning. Example: The buzz of the bee was unnerving., Imagery - Using language to describe or create a mental picture in the mind of the reader. Example: The roses were an infinite array of the color red, from a rich deep red to a beautiful almost pink., Symbol - An object, person, location, or theme that represents something else. Example: Harry Potter's lightning-shaped scar, which symbolizes his survival of Voldemort's attack, his connection to Voldemort, and his destiny to face future battles., Motiff - A dominant idea or central theme., Setting - When and where a story takes place., Conflict - The problem in a story., Resolution - How the problem is solved., Tone - Accent or inflection expressive of a mood or emotion., Foreshadow - To represent or indicate beforehand., Theme - The main message of the text/story., Mood - A prevailing attitude., Plot - All of the events that occur in the story., Rhetoric - The art of using words effectively., Parallelism - The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry which correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, and meaning., Sarcasm - The use of irony to mock., Irony - The expression of meaning by using language that signifies the opposite. Usually used for humor.,

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