1. Literary Terms
(Part One)

2. Alliteration
Repetition of the initial letter or sound in two or more words in a line of verse
Example: Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

3. Hyperbole Gross exaggeration used to heighten effect
Example: He was so hungry he could eat a horse.

4. Metaphor
A comparison between two objects that are unlike -- the comparison is implied
Example: Weightlifting has made his muscles bands of steel.

5. Onomatopoeia
A figure of speech in which the word sounds like the idea it is representing
Example: The bee buzzed from flower to flower.

6. Personification
A form of metaphor in which an inanimate object, an idea, or an animal is made to act like a person
Example: Dawn tiptoed across the lake and danced over the mountain.

7. Simile
A comparison between two objects that are unlike, introduced by either like or as
Example: The young man felt trapped like a fly in a spider’s web.