simile		bang, meow, bark are examples
metaphor		story teller
aliteration		hints the author gives about the later events in the story
hyperbole		compare using like or as
understatement		story break for past information
flashback		starting several words with the same sound
theme		feeling the reader gets from the story
tone		main idea of the story
mood		authors attitude towards the story
foreshadowing		stetching the truth, making braging statements
onomatopoeia		compare not using like or as
narrator		making something less than it is