A | B |
simile | a comparison of unlike things using like or as |
metaphor | comparing two unlike things not using like or as |
hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration |
alliteration | repetition of the initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words |
allusion | an implied or indirect reference |
personification | giving human qualities to inanimate objects or abstractions |
simile | He's as skittish as a new chick |
metaphor | Night was a mask for outlaws |
personification | Pain banished the remaining dizziness |
hyperbole | I could eat a horse. |
alliteration | ...first free man who finds and claims you |
allusion | By the putrid bowels of Lucifer |
onomatopoeia | a steady hissing rain |
onomatopoeia | creating a word from the sound it makes |
Figurative language | Colorful language, makes writing more interestin |
Figurative language | Some examples are similes and metaphors |