| A | B |
| Simile | Comparison of two unlike things directly through using the words like or as |
| Metaphor | Comparison of two unlike things |
| Hyperbole | Extreme exaggeration |
| Personification | Giving human characteristics to an inanimate object |
| Idiom | Words that say something other than what they actually mean |
| Onomatopoeia | The use of sounds to create meaning |
| Pun | A play on words |
| Irony | The opposite of what is meant. |