A | B |
Simile | comparison using "Like" or "As" |
Metaphor | comparison |
Personification | human characteristics to an animal or object |
Alliteration | repetition of the same initial letter |
Onomatopoeia | word that imitates natural sound |
Hyperbole | exaggeration so dramatic no one believes |
Idioms | words that have different meanings from words together |
Paradox | statement that is contradictory |
Symbolism | object representing another to give different meaning |
Apostrophe | speaker address an imaginary person |
Irony | contrast |
Consonance | repetitive consonant sounds |
Assonance | repetitive vowel sounds |