| A | B |
|---|
| Metaphor | creation of an image with no like or as |
| Simile | creation of an image with like or as |
| Alliteration | repetition of consonants |
| Assonance | rhyming or harmony of vowels |
| Onomatopoeia | use of words or sounds to imitate sound effects |
| Climax | high point |
| Puns | play on words |
| Personification | give inanimate object human characteristics |
| Hyperbole | exaggeration |
| Irony | use of a word to convey opposite meaning |
| Oxymoron | a linking of an adjective and noun which contradict each other |
| Paradox | a contradictory situation |
| idioms | a group of words that doesn't mean literally what they say |
