figurative language

to repeat something- a sound, a word, phrase, or sentence

• assonance

• metaphor

• alliteration

• repetition

the use of words that sound like the noises they describe

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• rhyme scheme

repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words of a line of poetry or sentence

• alliteration

• assonance

• imagery

• idiom

poets give an animal, object, or idea human qualities

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

• assonance

exaggeration

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• hyperbole

a common phrase made up of words that can't be understood by their literal , or ordinary meanings

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

• imagery

repetition of middle vowel sounds

• assonance

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

language that appeals to the senses: touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight

• idiom

• imagery

• hyperbole

• personification

a direct comparison between two unlike things- does not use like or as

• simile

• idiom

• imagery

• metaphor

a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration