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Lit. notes
scott and bennetts notes lit. elements and Crime on Mars
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a comparasion that dirrectly states the comparrasion that compares seemingly unlike things | |
| simile | a comparasion using like or as |
| Idioms | language specific expressions |
| hyperbole | an exagerated statement used to height effect |
| personifacation | a figure of speech that give human qualitiesto a animal object or an idea |
| theme | the main idea of a story,poem,novel,or a play usually expressed as a general statement |
| auhtor's purpose | the intenetion of a writer the purpose of the story may be to entertain to describe to pursuade or a combo of these purposes |
| visual imagery | details that appeal to the sense of sight |
| memoir | a biographical or autobiographical narritive emphasizing the narraqtors personal expirience |