Repetition of stressed vowel sounds within words to create internal rhyming. Ex: "joyful noise".
What is Assonance
100
A way to deliberately express an idea in a less dramatic way than your audience might expect. Ex: "I Have to have this operation, it isn't very serious, I have this tiny tumor."
What is Understatement
200
Identify: "He is a shrimp!"
What is an Allusion
200
The repetition of an initial consonant sound. Ex: "Peter Piper picked pickles".
What is Alliteration
200
An overused phrase or expression. Ex: "better late than never"
What is Cliche
300
Identify: "Your room is a pigsty"
What is a Metaphor
300
A focused repetition of stressed consonant sounds. Ex: "think pink".
What is Consonance
300
Involves suggesting that objects, animals, or ideas posses human qualities. Ex: "Love knocked on my door."
What is Personification
400
Identify: "Im so hungry, i could eat a horse"
What is a Hyperbole
400
"BANG!" "POW!" "KA-CHOW!"
What is Interjection
400
Provides details about a person's words and actions in order to make the person real.
What is Characterization
500
Identify: "The Candlestick Stadium's power went out"
What is Irony
500
A word or phrase used as a substitute for an unpleasant or disturbing expression. Ex: Passed away -> died