| A | B |
|---|
| Metaphor | Compares by directly saying something is something else |
| Simile | Compares using like, as, or than |
| Personification | Gives non-persons qualities of a person |
| Alliteration | Repetition of initial word sound |
| Onomatopoeia | Words that spell out a sound something makes |
| Hyperbole | Exaggeration for effect |
| Idiom | An expression that often has nothing to do with the actual words in the phrase |
| Imagery | Using descriptions that use language that makes the description easy to imagine |
