Alliteration - the repetition of sounds/letters at the beginning of words in a line of poetry.EXAMPLE: seven stars go squawking
Allusion - a reference to something that most people are familiar with (can be literary, biblical, historical, popular, etc...).
EXAMPLE: "the Giant is enchanting to Jack" (as in Jack and Jill)
Assononance - the repetition of vowel sounds near to each other in a line of poetry (beginning, middle and ends of words).
EXAMPLE: "O look, look in the Mirror"
Consonance - the repetition of consonant sounds near to each other in a line of poetry (beginning, middle and end of words).
EXAMPLE: "
Hyperbole - deliberate exaggeration for emphasis.
Metaphor - a direct comparison. A=B
Onomatopoeia - when the pronounciation of the word imitates the sound of the word.
Personification - to give a non-animate thing human characteristics.
Simile - an indirect comparison that uses the words "like" or "as."
Symbol - an object that represents or stands in for something else.
