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Metaphor
Comparison without like or as
Alliteration
Repetition of beginning sounds of words
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Hyperbole
Exaggeration
Irony
Use of words to express opposite meaning
Diction
Choice and use of words
Rude bs polite
Imagery
Language appeals to 5 senses
Meter
Rhyming pattern
Rhyme
Word ends with sound that compares to another
Repetition
Author repeats the same words in a story
Syntax
The structure of words, lines stanza and punctuation
Onomatopoeia
Word from a sound
Personification
Giving human qualities to something that is not “the flowers danced”
Idiom
Expression of 2 or more words “silver lining”
Analogy
Point by point comparison of two unlike things
Literal
Not an exaggeration
Figurative
Opposite of literal
Denotation
Dictionary definition of a word
Connotation
Emotional feeling associated with word
TP CASTT
Title, paraphrase, connotation, attitude, shift, title, theme
The road not taken
Robert Frost
I know why the caged bird sings
Maya Angelou
The greasers
Gloria Anzaldua
Do not go gentle into the dark night
Dylan Thomas
The man in the glass
Dale Wimbrow
Annabelle Lee
Edgar Allan Poe
Simile
Comparison using like or as