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comparing two (2) things that ar not alike using the words "like" and "as"
EXAMPLE: My mouth was as dry as the Sahara Desert. |
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Comparing two (2) things that are nota normally compared NOT using the words like or as.
EXAMPLE: Her mouth was a sea of teeth. |
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A great purposeful exaggeration for humor or emphasis.
EXAMPLE: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse! |
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The conversation between two (2) characters in a story or book.
EXAMPLE: "I hate when it rains like this," said Mary. "Not me, I love it," replied Jake. |
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When the author gives clues to suggest events that may happen later in the story.
EXAMPLE: The horse falls down on the track, you can see that later in the story, it may become ill, or lose a race. |
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It shows the relationship of the writer to the story. FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW: the writer is the person speaking and refers to themselves as I.
EXAAMPLE: I was very happy that all my friends lived near.
The THIRD-PERSON POINT OF VIEW is the the writer is a person who is not in the story and the pronouns "he","she",and "they" refer to all the characters in the story.
EXAMPLE: They all ran around the class. |
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giving human characteristics to animals or objects like trees, and houses.
EXAMPLE: The animals danced with joy in the sunshine when they came out of the barn. |
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things a writer says to create and develop a character by what they may do or say and what the character says about them. Also what the author reveals directly through the narrator.
EXAMPLE: Snowball was a friendly kitty. He was always winding about the ankles of the children and purring. |
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the use of two or more words with the same beginning sounds.
EXAMPLE: Willie was a willing whale. |
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the main character in a story
EXAMPLE: The protagonist in Sea Of Monsters is PERCY. |
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The person or force that works against the main character in a story.
EXAMPLE:The antagonist in Sea Of Monsters was LUKE CRONUS and POLYTHEMUS. |
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The main message about life or human nature that is the focus of the story.
EXAMPLE: The theme of Alice in Wonderland is growing up. |
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Words or phrases that appeal to the readers senses.
EXAMPLE: As I lay in bed, I smelled the warm, sweet all-pervasive scent of my mothers cinnamon rolls baking, mixed with the rich smell of the gurgleing coffee maker; it was time to get up. |
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