House on Mango Street Literary Terms

What is a simile?

• States a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison. A Says you are something

• Simple repeating of a word, within a sentence or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the words, in order to emphasize

• Uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike.

• Human characteristics are given to an animal or object

What is hyperbole?

• The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words.

• An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true

• The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action

• Uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike.

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words

• A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given

  to an animal or an object

• States a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison. Says you are something

• The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action

What is a metaphor?

• The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words

• States a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison. Says you are something

• The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action

• Uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike. A simile would say you are like something

What is onomatopoeia?

• An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true

• A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given

  to an animal or an object

• Simple repeating of a word, within a sentence or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the words, in order to emphasize

• The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action

What is repetition?

• The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of word

• An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true

• Simple repeating of a word, within a sentence or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the words, in order to emphasize

• The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action

What is personification?

• A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given

  to an animal or an object

• An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true

• States a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison. Says you are something

• Simple repeating of a word, within a sentence or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the words, in order to emphasize