Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or to create a comic effect

› Examples: I am so hungry I can eat a cow! My head hurts so bad it’s ready to explode!

Giving human qualities to non-human things

› Examples: The flowers danced in the wind. The sun was playing hide-and-seek amidst the clouds.

Comparison between two unlike things, using the word like or as

› Examples: My dad said I was as blind as a bat when I backed into the pole with the car.

My best friend and I are like two peas in a pod.

Comparing two unlike things without using the word like or as

› Examples: Love is a rose. He tried to help but his legs were rubber.

Author’s attitude toward the subject, audience, or a character

› Example: "Atticus was feeble: he was nearly fifty." -To Kill a Mockingbird

Tone indicates author’s feeling of Atticus as being “old”

The atmosphere or feeling a story or poem evokes

› Examples: It was a dark and stormy night. (scary, uneasy mood)

The sun was shining brightly on the meadow. (happy mood)

Occurs when the audience or the reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not.

› Example: In “The Cask of Amontillado,” the

reader knew Montresor was seeking revenge; however, Fortunado had no idea of his fate and was led to an untimely death.

Voice that is talking to us in a poem

ETYMOLOGYWeek 11Root: Meaning:Examples:

1. reg, rig, rect rule, govern regulate, rigid, directive

2. rid, ris laugh ridicule, ridiculous

3. rupt break interruption, disruption, erupt

4. sacr holy sacred, sacrifice

5. sanct holy sanctuary, sanctify, sanction

6. sci, scio know science, conscious, omniscient