Figures of Speech

Simile

comparing using like or as

Metaphor

Comparison between unrelated things

Personification

Non human objects are given human like qualities

Hyperbole

Known as extreme exaggeration

Onomatopoeia

Words that imitate natural sounds

Apostrophe

addressing an imaginary person as a living entity

Metonymy

Replaces a word or phrase for another usually as a symbol with which it is closely related with

Oxymoron

Uses contradictory terms to make meaning

Synecdoche

When a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

Paradox

Contradicts itself in the same sentence

Alliteration

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

Assonance

Repetition of vowel sounds

Consonance

Repetition of consonant sounds typically at the end or middle

Rhyme

Repetition of similarly sounding words at the end of lines

Repetition

Repeated use of word or words