Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound in several words in the same line or sentence.
E.g. The silken sad and uncertain rustling of each purple curtain.
Betty ate a box of butter beautifully.
E.g. The silken sad and uncertain rustling of each purple curtain.
Betty ate a box of butter beautifully.
Hyperbole
An exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.
E.g. I said it a million times.
E.g. I said it a million times.
Simile
Comparison made between two unlike ideas, using words such as like or as.
E.g. Mahmoud is like a vacuum.
E.g. Mahmoud is like a vacuum.
Metaphor
Something is described as though it were something else. Usually a writer hints at it instead of directly making a connection.
E.g. Jeffry is a monkey.
Stop barking.
The fog rubbed it's back on the windows, made a leap, and curled around a house.
E.g. Jeffry is a monkey.
Stop barking.
The fog rubbed it's back on the windows, made a leap, and curled around a house.
Personification
A nonhuman subject is given human traits, characteristics, or actions.
E.g. The trees danced.
E.g. The trees danced.