| A | B |
| poetry | a language that uses imagery and other devices to appeal to our emotions/imaginations |
| symbolism | something that represents itself or something else |
| imagery | a word or phrase that makes a picture in the mind |
| metaphor | comparing two things without using like or as |
| direct metaphor | a phrase that directly states what is being compared |
| indirect metaphor | when the writer states one of the things and the reader must infer the other |
| personification | gives human qualities to non-living objects |
| oxymoron | two words put together that have opposite meanings |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |