Figurative Language

The author gives clues about what is going to happen in the story

the use of language to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind

An accepted phrase or expression having a meaning different from the literal (real) one.

Make the reader uncertain or tense about what is about to happen.

A sentence that has a verb + description and a verb + description and a verb + description

sound words

comparing two things without using like or as

The repeating of a word or phrase in a sentence or paragraph for emphasis.

Repetition of the initial consonant sound

obvious and deliberate exaggeration

figure of speech in which the literal meaning is opposite of its intended meaning

Looking back at something that happened in the past.

non-human things are given human characteristics

something that had meaning in itself and stands for something larger

comparing two things using like or as

An event where something is suddenly understood; "ah ha" moment