| A | B |
|---|
| simile | a comparison of unlike things using like or as |
| metaphor | comparing two unlike things not using like or as |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration |
| alliteration | repetition of the initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words |
| allusion | an implied or indirect reference |
| personification | giving human qualities to inanimate objects or abstractions |
| simile | He's as skittish as a new chick |
| metaphor | Night was a mask for outlaws |
| personification | Pain banished the remaining dizziness |
| hyperbole | I could eat a horse. |
| alliteration | ...first free man who finds and claims you |
| allusion | By the putrid bowels of Lucifer |
| onomatopoeia | a steady hissing rain |
| onomatopoeia | creating a word from the sound it makes |
| Figurative language | Colorful language, makes writing more interestin |
| Figurative language | Some examples are similes and metaphors |
| oxymoron | using a contradictory term to define a situation, object, or event |
| oxymoron | I like to eat jumbo shrimp. |
