• 1. Antonym - opposite words (hot and cold)

    2. Synonyms - words that mean the same (woman and lady)

    3. Homophones - words that sound the same but are spelled differently (wear and where)

    4. Alliteration - words that have the same consonant sound (Bob built a house out of big bricks)

    5. Simile - comparing 2 things using like or as (Santa's nose is as red as a cherry)

    6. Metaphor - comparing 2 things without using like or as (Mary runs so fast, she is a rabbit)

    7. Personfication - giving unhuman things human characteristics (The pencil danced all day)

    8. Hyperbole - an exaggeration (I caught a 1,000 pound fish)

    9. Idiom - a saying that can't be taken literally (It's raining cats and dogs)

    10.  theme--the messge in the story

    11. setting-where and when the story takes place

    12. point of view--what a person thinks, a person's version

            first person point of view  Use the pronouns I, me, we, us

            third person point of view  Use the pronouns   he, she, it, they, them

           second person-   Use the pronoun  you