| A | B |
| hyperbole | a very large and descriptive exageration |
| assonance | same ending vowel sounds in neighboring words |
| alliteration | same consonant sounds in neighboring words |
| personification | something nonliving or nonhuman being given human characteristics |
| onomatopoeia | a word that echoes the sound it makes in real life |
| simile | a comparison between two things: uses "like" or "as" |
| metaphor | a comparision between two things: says one thing IS another |
| idiom | a figurative saying that is understood by most people |