Hyperbole•Definition: An extreme

exaggeration that the writer uses for emphasis (stress, importance)

•Examples: •I’m starving to death! • I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!• What example can you provide?

Metaphor•Definition: Compares two

unlike things without using like or as

•Example: •The _____ is a roaring fire!•Their faces were tomato red•Her words are a _________!

Simile•Definition: Compares two

unlike things using like or as

•Example: Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get.

•Your Example: My friend is as nice as a ____________.

Personification•Definition: A nonhuman,

inanimate object, idea, or animal is given human characteristics

• Example: The low clouds bumped into the mountain.

• Your Example: When I was hiking, the cactus _________!

Alliteration- Sound Device

•Definition: Is the repetition of initial identical consonant sound in succession (in a row).

• Examples: • How much wood would a woodchuck

chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?• Now you provide an example with the

letter “P” (hint: be appropriate!)

Sounds of repetition inside of words• Consonance refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants within

a sentence or phrase. This repetition often takes place in quick succession such as in pitter, patter. Another example are the words: chuckle, fickle, and kick, which are consonant with one and other due to the existence of common interior consonant sounds (ck).

• Write your own example sentence• Assonance takes place when two or more words close to one another

repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds. For example: “Men sell the wedding bells.” Other examples:

• We light fire on the mountain.

• I feel depressed and restless.

• Go and mow the lawn.

• Write your own example

Onomatopoeia-Sound Device

•Definition: Words that sound like the objects or actions to which they refer.

• Example: A pesky mosquito buzzed around my head.

• The cannon went off with a ________!

Rhyme Scheme- Sound Device

• Definition: Any pattern of end Rhyme is called a rhyme scheme. When the end rhyme changes, so does the letter; this is to identify the change in rhyme.

• Example: The tiny bird in the tree (a)

Was singing songs just for me (a)

• Example: Whose woods these are I think I know ( )

His house is in the village though ( )