| A | B |
|---|
| deliberate exaggeration used to achieve an effect | Hyperbole |
| A comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as | simile |
| a comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as | metaphor |
| repetition of the initial sounds of several words in a group | alliteration |
| a reference in a literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work | allusion |
| words or phrases that appeal to the reader's senses | imagery |
| giving human qualities to abstract ideas, animals and inanimate objects | personification |
| a hint about something to come later | forshadow |
| an outcome occurs that is unexpected | irony |
| a word that echos the sound it states | onomatopoeia |
| a statement that is not taken literaly | idiom |
| when a sound is repeated for effect | repetition |
| anything that represents itself and something else | symbol |
