| A | B |
| metaphor | a comparison where you say that one thing is another |
| simile | a comparison using "like" or "as" |
| personfication | giving non-living objects human characteristics |
| alliteration | the repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds within words |
| onomatopoeia | a word where the sound of the word echoes the meaning of the word |
| simple sentence | a sentence which has one finite verb and one subject, and makes complete sense on its own |
| compound sentence | a sentence which has more than one principal clause |
| complex sentence | the name given to a sentence which has one principal clause and one or more subordinate clauses |
| imagery | what is established by the use of words which appeal to our senses |