1. 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?

2. 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 _________!

3. 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 ____________.

4. 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 _________!

5. 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!)

6. 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

7. 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 ________!

8. 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 ( )