| A | B |
|---|
| simile | of a comparison between two unlike quantities; uses "like" or "as" |
| metaphor | a comparison is made between two unlike quantities; does not use “like” or “as” |
| personification | something nonhuman is given human characteristics |
| analogy | comparison of two things for the purpose of showing how an unfamiliar thing is similar to a familiar one |
| symbolism | a device where an object represents an idea |
| apostrophe | the act of addressing some abstraction that is not physically present |
| allusion | a casual reference in literature to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature |
| imagery | the "mental pictures" that readers experience with a passage of literature |
| paradox | using contradiction in a manner that oddly makes sense |
| oxymoron | also called a paradox |
