| A | B |
|---|
| hyperbole | An exaggeration used to create humor |
| hyperbole | "I seem sixty and married, but these effects are due to my condition and sufferings, for I am a bachelor, and only forty-one" |
| Simile | a comparison using like or as |
| Simile | "Its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell." |
| Simile | "They hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek." |
| Metaphor | one thing is referred to as another |
| Metaphor | "He thought with the rapidity of lightening." |
| Metaphor | "The trees upon the bank were giant garden plants." |
| Allusion | a reference to a biblical or historical person or event, asummed to be well known enough that it would be recognized |
| Allusion | "I was the drummer boy at Shiloh. Good, grief, that has a beat and sound to it fitting for Mr. Longfellow." |
| Personification | an object or animal takes on human qualities |
| Personification | "The water roared in his ear" |
| Personification | "His neck ached horribly; his brain was on fire; his heart, which had been fluttering faintly, gave a great leap, trying to force itself out at his mouth." |
