SIMILE-

a type of figurative language that describes something by

comparing it to something else with the words like or
as.

METAPHOR-
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally
denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of
another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them

PERSONIFICATION-
the attribution of human characteristics to things,
abstract ideas, etc., as for literary or artistic effect

HYPERBOLE
extravagant exaggeration

ALLITERATION
is the repetition of the same sound at the start of a series
of words in succession whose purpose is to provide an
audible pulse that gives a piece of writing a lulling, lyrical,
and/or emotive effect.

OXYMORON
a phrase that combines two words that seem to be the
opposite of each other.
 EUPHEMISM
the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive
expression for one that may offend or suggest
something unpleasant

ONOMATOPOEIA
the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural
sounds

APOSTROPHE
used to address someone who is absent
or already dead.

SYNECHDOCHE
a figure of speech in which a specific part of
something is used to refer to the whole thing

UNDERSTATEMENT
something is expressed less strongly than would be
expected, or in which something is presented as being
smaller, worse, or lesser than it really is.

IRONY
the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal
meaning.