1. Personification- giving an item human characteristics
Ex. “...while others (seeds) lean from the pod to observe its departure” – seeds cant lean
2. Hyperbole- an exaggeration
Ex. “For the hundredth time she reviewed it all”- she didn’t actually review it a hundred times
3. Personification- giving an item human characteristics
Ex. “...touch-me-not cottage” – a cottage cannot show feeling
4. Alliteration- the repetition of an initial sound
Ex. “Rattle of the rain.” – the r sound is repeated
5. Alliteration- the repetition of an initial sound
Ex. “...face flushed” – the f sound is repeated
6. Hyperbole- an exaggeration
Ex. “...face flushed with anger” –this is exaggerating how angry the person is
7. Situational Irony- when the unexpected happens to the unexpected person
Ex. Winnie was seen as a good girl and she never did anything wrong but she ended up in jail.
8. Dramatic Irony- when the audience knows more than the characters do
Ex. When Mae and Tuck drive by the toad saying that the toad thinks it’s going to live forever. This is dramatic irony because Winnie had poured the water from the well on the toad and the audience knew that the toad would actually live forever but Mae and Tuck didn’t.
9. Personification- giving an item human characteristics
Ex. “... While others leaned from the pod as if to observe its departure.” Milkweed cannot see so it cannot observe.
10. Onomatopoeia- a word that describes a noise
Ex. “plop!” the word plop is giving the reader a better understanding of the sentence.
