Simile
Rhyme
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Comparing two things using “like” or “as”.
The repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words (pair/fair, madly/glad).
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds (sad/Sunday, knowing/nobody, candy/kisses).
Words that imitate their sound (BAM! SPLAT! hiss... rip).
An exaggeration.
A metaphor that gives human qualities/traits to non-human things.
A comparison of two things.
