Poetry

An exaggeration for effect

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

Repetition of sounds at the beginning of words

• rhyme

• poetry

• irony

• alliteration

A comparison between two things calling one thing the other

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• allusion

The repetition of sounds at the end of words

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• rhyme

Words that are spelled like they sound

• personification

• allusion

• Onomatopoeia

• rhythm

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

• Personification

• metaphor

• imagery

• hyperbole

Exaggeration for an effect

• imagery

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

An indirect reference to something outside of the text

• allusion

• metaphor

• alliteration

• irony

A situation where the expectations are broken

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• irony

• rhythm

Using sensory details (the five senses) to create a mental image

• metaphor

• imagery

• personification

• irony