| A | B |
|---|
| Alliteration | Repeating of same consonant sound |
| Assonance | Repeating of the vowel sound |
| Hyperbole | Overstatement; Ex: "He weighs a ton" |
| Imagery | Words appeal to the senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, smell) |
| Irony | Involves difference between appearance and reality (The police station was robbed) |
| Metaphor | Comparison of two unlike things (no as or like) |
| Personification | Things are given human characteristics |
| Onomatopoeia | Words that imitate sounds (buzz, woof, quack) |
| Oxymoron | Contrary words (pretty ugly, icy hot) |
| Repetition | Repeating words, sounds, sentences |
| Rhyme | Word endings sound alike |
| Simile | Comparing two things using like or as |
