The most important idea about a topic that a writer speaks or conveys.

• main idea

• theme

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

The message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.

• theme

• main idea

• metaphor

• personification

A comparison of two things that are basically different but have some qualities in common. Does not use the words "like or "as."

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• hyperbole

The use of words whose sounds echo their meanings, such as "buzz."

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• alliteration

• simile

An expression that has a meaning different from the meaning of its parts. For example, "It's raining cats and dogs."

• idiom

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

Extreme exaggeration

• Hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

• Metaphor

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Simile

• Idiom

The giving of human qualities to an animal or object

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

A statement that can be proved

• fact

• opinon