| A | B |
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| simile | a comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | a direct comparison that does not use like or as |
| personification | giving human characteristics to inanimate objects or ideas |
| archetype | a character, action or situation that is a protype for human life |
| figurative language | words that describe one thing in terms of something else |
| alliteration | a repetition of sounds- especially initial consonants |
| allusion | a reference to something historical, literary, religious, mythical or from pop culture |
| anaphora | a repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines or paragraphs |
| extended metaphor (conceit) | a statement of identity between two things (NOT using like or as) that carries through a work |
| hyperbole | a purposeful exaggeration or overstatement |
| metonymy | when the name of one object replaces another object that is closely associated with it |
| parallelism | when a writer expresses ideas of equal worth |
| synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa |
| refrain | regularly repeated line or lines in a poem or song |
| assonance | a repetition of vowel sounds in words close together |
| rhyme | a repetition of final vowel sound or syllable in two or more words |
| imagery | words which evoke and appeal to the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell) |
