| A | B |
| sequence | following an orderly pattern |
| simile | the comparison of two things using like or as |
| syntax | sentence structure |
| satire | a style of writing that uses humor-sometimes gentle and sometimes biting-to criticize people, ideas, or institutions in hopes of improving them |
| synthesis | the bringing together many ideas |
| Metonymy | A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated |
| personification | Giving human characteristics to non-human things |
| anaphora | Type of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, sentences, clauses or phrases |