About Reading

Alliteration

isn the repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words.

Example: rough and ready

Rhyme

is the repetition of sounds at the end of the words.

Example: Listen, my children, and you shall hear

of the midnight ride of Paul Rivere.

Rhythm

is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a sentence or

line of poetry.

Example: Twas broiling, and the slithy toves

did gyre and gymble  in the wabe

Onomatopeia

is the use of words to imitate sounds.

Example: bang, thump, whizz

Simile

is a comparison using like or as

Example: The star is like a diamond in the sky

The dancer was graceful as a cat

Metaphor

is an indirect comparison between two unlike things that have

something in common.

Example: The stars are candles in the sky

Personification

is the technique of giving human qualities to an object, animal or idea.

Example: The train whistle-screamed

The hail tap-danced on the roof

Hyperbole

is an exaggeration for emphasis.

Example: It was so hot, you could fry an egg on the side-walk