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| A figure of speech comparing two unlike things, usually with "like" or "as". |
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| A figure of speech in which one thing is said to be another thing, without "like" or "as", or in which a likeness is implied. |
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| The repetition of an initial sound in words or accented syllables close together. |
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| The use of words whose pronunciation suggests their meaning. "buzz" "hiss" "murmur" "boom" "glug" |
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| A gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect |
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| A figure of speech in which a point is made by a denying of its opposite; a kind of understatement. |
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| A combination of two apparently contradictory words. |
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| The strong contrast of expressions, clauses, sentences, or ideas within a balanced grammatical structure. |
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| The giving of human qualities to something that is not human. |
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| Attributing human feelings to inanimate things: an aspect of personification. |
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| Addressing a personified object, or an absent person as though present. |
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| A figure of speech in which the name of a thing is used for something else associated with it; virtually synonymous with synecdoche. |
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| A passing reference to something; an indirect mention. |
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| Saying the opposite of what is meant, by way of mockery |
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| An object or a story element which has a basis meaning yet which also another meaning; for example a dove is a symbol of peace even though it a bird |
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