2.  Using characters to represent or symbolize something else that has a deeper meaning.  Extended metaphor.  The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss o Conceited beings that thought they were better because they had a star shaped birthmark on their tummies.

3.  Two or more word that begin with the same letter.  Double dog dare you.  Hula hoop  Best buddies  Have a heart

4. Betty Botter by Mother Goose Betty Botter bought some butter, but, she said, the butter’s bitter; if I put it in my batter it will make my batter bitter, but a bit of better butter will make my batter better. So she bought a bit of butter better than her bitter butter, and she put it in her batter and the batter was not bitter. So ’twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter

5.  A brief reference to an event, place, person, book.  Allusions can be historical, mythical, religious, literary.  Switzerland  Achilles’ hill  tweet

6.  Various interpretations of a word, phrase, or sentence. o "I know a man with a dog who has fleas“ o "I saw a bat."

7.  A comparison made to show similarities between two things that are otherwise different.  Her artistic sense was exquisitely refined, like someone who can tell butter from I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

8.  The ballerina rose gracefully en Pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.  The plan was simple, like my brother- in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.

9. Bibliography  http://www.nanascorner.com/2009/06/29/alliteration- examples-alliteration-poems-and-tongue-twisters/ http://www.nanascorner.com/2009/06/29/alliteration- examples-alliteration-poems-and-tongue-twisters/  http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/allegory http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/allegory  http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Example_of_allegory_in_children' s_literature http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Example_of_allegory_in_children' s_literature  http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/allusionterm.htm http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/allusionterm.htm  http://www.buzzle.com/articles/example-of-allusion.html http://www.buzzle.com/articles/example-of-allusion.html  http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ambiguity http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ambiguity  http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/analogy http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/analogy  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2007/03/16/AR2007031600738_pf.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2007/03/16/AR2007031600738_pf.html  http://www.putlearningfirst.com/language/06senten/ambiguity.html http://www.putlearningfirst.com/language/06senten/ambiguity.html

10.  http://cs.nyu.edu/faculty/davise/ai/ambiguity. html http://cs.nyu.edu/faculty/davise/ai/ambiguity. html  The pictures are from google