- most well known - most used - indirect comparison - like, as

- direct comparison - have some features in common - can be bruef as two words

- giving human emotions - inanimate objects - animals - ideas

- subs of one word for another word which is closely related

- saying something stronger than what you are supposed to say - exaggeration

- part of something is used to refer to its whole (body parts)

- a sound which mimics the sound it denotes - present in almost every language around the world - words that pertain to the sound

- a joke that makes a play on words - homonyms

- what is said becomes the opposite of what is intended

- statement - in contrast to the meaning apparently expressed

- readers knows what the charactets in the story or play do not know

- outcomes turns out to be the complete opposite of what was expected

- logically contradictory absurd - a group of words or even sentence

- a paradoxical statement combines two elements that in ordinary usage are opposites - two contradictory words

- occurence of a speech sound in a series of words - mostly applicable to consonants - tongue twisters

- used to persuade or subtly influence the audience - it’s a question asked not for the answer

- author or speaker uses descriptive, vibid language to create ideas and evoke mental pictures - senses and emotions

physical attributes of a person objects and place

focuses kn the way things sounds

what we can feel when we touch something

author’s use of language to represent experiences or sensation of taste

smell, includes fragrance or odor