| A | B |
|---|
| metaphor | a comparison not using like or as |
| simile | a comparison using like or as |
| personification | giving an inanimate object human qualities |
| hyperbole | an extreme exaggeration |
| imagery | a word or group of words that describe something and that appeal to the senses. |
| allusion | a direct or indirect way to refer to a specific person, place, thing, event, or other literary work in writing. |
| alliteration | repetition of the initial consonant sound in words |
| onomatopoeia | The sound of the word is also its meaning. |
| idiom | an expression that is not to be taken literally. |
