| A | B |
|---|
| simile | comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | comparison using state of being |
| personification | giving life to an inanimate object |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| onomatopoeia | words that sound like what they mean |
| allusion | making a reference to something one should already be familiar |
| alliteration | repetition of beginning consonant sounds |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |
| symbol | one thing stands for another |
| parodox | contradiction of terms |
