| A | B |
|---|
| Simile | comparing two different things using like or as |
| metaphor | a comparison between two unrelated things indicating a likeness or an analogy between them |
| personification | giving human qualities to a non-human thing |
| synecdoche | mentioning a part of something to represent the whole |
| metonymy | substituting a a word naming an object for another word more closely associated with it |
| symbol | a word or image that represents something other than what it literally represents |
| allegory | a narrative or description having a second meaning beneath the surface |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration or overstatement |
| understatement | stating the opposite of what you really mean |
| apostrophe | a direct address to a person, place, or thing personified and it cannot answer you back |
| paradox | something that seems false, but it's really true |
