| A | B |
|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of syllables as in Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers |
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end in different consonant sounds as in lime light |
| irony | something happens that seems the opposite of what should happen |
| metaphor | a direct comparison of unlike things |
| personification | a figure of speech in which something not human is described as if it were human |
| simile | a comparison using like or as |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration created for emphasis or humor (we had to hang a man to start the graveyard) |
| idiom | expression not meant to be taken literally (it was raining cats and dogs) |
| pun | a play on words (you are two tents / you are too tense) |
