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| Aesop, characters are animals, provide a moral |
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| larger than life, the tallest/strongest/smartest |
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| stories that are orally passed down from generation to generation |
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making a comparison between two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”
EX: She is sweet like honey. |
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an exaggeration.
EX: I nearly died laughing |
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making a comparison between two unlike things without using the words “like” or “as”
EX: The river was a ribbon of silver stretched across the plains |
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giving a non-human thing a human quality
EX: The trees were waving in the wind. |
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using words that show the same sound they make
EX: buzz, screech, pop, boom |
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repeating consonant sounds within a line
EX: He clattered and clashed on the cobbles. |
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| details that utilize our 5 senses- what we see, hear, taste, touch, smell |
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| rhyming words at the end of different lines- show rhyme scheme with letters (aabbcc – rhyming couplet) |
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| rhyming words within the same line |
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| the problem between two opposing forces |
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conflict within yourself
Man vs Himself |
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conflict with an outside force (fist fight, nature, technology, society)
Man vs Man
Man vs Society
Man vs Nature |
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| moment of highest tension; the turning point of the story/conflict |
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| how the conflict is solved |
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| internal (personality) external (appearance, dress, speak, walk) |
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| two lines of poetry that form a unit |
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