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Theme Work

  • What is the author's vision or purpose? Do they achieve this purpose?
  • Are author promises kept to the reader? Why or why not?
  • Does the story make good on the promised genres and subgenre conventions?

Figures of Speech

figures of speech are the names for words and phrases used for a nonliteral, rhetorical or creative effect.

Analogy vs Simile vs Metaphor

Analogy Simile Metaphor
Makes a comparison to make a point Makes an indirect comparison Makes a direct comparison
Uses "like" or "as" Uses "like" or "as" Uses "is" or "are"
Something is like something else, which means something Something is like, or similar to something else Something is something else

(but not literally)