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Unit 1: A Voice
Compare Two Poems
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hyperbole | Exaggeration |
| Metaphor | comparing two things not using like or as. |
| Personification | giving nonhuman like things human characteristics. |
| Simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as |
| Mood | the way the reader feels after reading something. |
| Tone | literary device that reflects the writer’s attitude toward the subject matter |
| Parrallelism | a figure of speech in which two or more elements of a sentence (or series of sentences) have the same grammatical structure. |
| Literal | True to fact, words with dictionary meaning |
| Figurative | non literal language, the use of words in a way that deviates from the conventional order and meaning in order to convey |
| Repetition | words that are repeated in a text. |