Literary Devices: Names/Nombres

A comparison between 2 unlike objects NOT using "like" or "as."

A technique a writer uses to produce a special effect in writing.

He was as quiet as a mouse reading quietly in the corner of the classroom.

She was a quiet mouse reading in the corner of the class.

A comparison between 2 unlike objects USING "like" or "as."

How would allusion be defined?

What is the meaning of the allusion?

My brother is a regular Einstein! He always seems to know the answer!

Alavrez uses a simile when she writes, "I pronounced it [her name] slowly, a name as chaotic with sounds as a Middle Eastern bazaar or market day in a South American village."

Please use a simile (use the words "like or as") to describe what your name "sounds like".

Alvarez uses dialogue, multiple characters, different time periods, reflection and descriptive details to write her story. Please mark your TWO favorite narrative techniques that you will use in your story.