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