Compares two things without the use of "like" or "as."

Uses "like" or "as" to compare two things.

Lisa's lizards were leaping on her lawnchair.

When a word sounds like its meaning.

Definition: the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words

I can smell pizza from a mile away.

What does the sentence below actually mean?

Lightning danced across the sky.

When a writer references a well-known person, place, thing, event, or famous work.

Standing tall and frozen like statues in a vacant courtyard

Bang, pop, gurgle, slap