| A | B |
|---|
| metaphors | describe one thing as if it were something else |
| personification | gives human qualities to something that is not human |
| similes | use "like" or "as" to compare two apparently unlike things |
| symbol | anything that represents something else |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words |
| repetition | the use of any element of language more than once |
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in stressed syllables |
| consonance | the repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ends of accented syllables |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words that imitate sounds |
| rhyme | the repetition of sounds at the ends of words |
| meter | the rhythmical pattern in a poem |
| sensory language | writing which appeals to the five senses |
