Words or phrases that have a more imaginative meaning than their usual meaning.

Capital letters, line length, and word position; also called the "shape" of the poem.

The author's attitude about the subject.

How the reader feels when reading an author's writing.

The use of words or pictures to say what something looks or sounds like.

The central idea of a passage. It has to do with what is right/wrong or what is important.

The people in a passage.

It is when people or forces go against one another. It creates drama that is important for any story.

Lines spoken between characters.

Spiritual stories that explain a belief or a natural happening.

It is one of the five natural abilities of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste.

It is when a person compares two things that are different using the words "like" or "as." "Her dance skills are as sweet as sugar."

Someone who communicates.

It is when you compare one thing to another thing using words that mean something creative and different. "He is a ton of bricks dropping from the sky onto my back."

It is big time exaggeration. "I ate the world in one bite."

It is figurative language that gives non-human things human qualities. "The wind kicked the grass."

It is a a group of words used together with a meaning that you cannot guess from the meanings of the separate words. "The ball is in your court."

It is two words used together, which mean two different or opposite things. "Where is that jumbo shrimp?" "This situation is pretty ugly."

It is a joke that you make by using a word that has TWO meanings. "Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all RIGHT now."