| A | B |
| Simile | A comparosin of two unlike things using like or as of than. |
| Metaphor | A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as of than. |
| Personification | Giving human qualities to inhuman objects. |
| Anthropomorphism | Giving human qualities to super-human things/objects. |
| Alliteration | The repitition of the same initial consanant sound in two or more words of a sentence. |
| Assonance | The repitition of the same initial vowel sound in two or more words of a sentence. |
| Apostrophe | speaking to an absent or inanimate object. |
| Onomatopoeia | Worda that imitate a sound. |
| Hyperbole | When an exaggeration is used for a better effect. |
| Tone | A manner of expression in writing. |
| Allusion | something that is said or done that is not directly meant or is misunderstood. |
| Dramatic situation | When the author of a litterary work gives the reader information the the character(s) does not yet know. |
| Irony | A writer leads you to believe that a certian situation is going to happen and then he does a twist. |