Comparison
Define It
Examples
100
A comparison of two things using “like or “as”
Similie
100
A reference to an outside work or idea
Allusion
100
Dead as a doornail
Similie
200
A comparison of two things by saying something is something it is not
Metaphor
200
a common, non-literal saying
Idiom
200
He was the thunder and lightening
Metaphor
300
Extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
300
a play on words for humorous effect
Pun
300
Onomatopoeia
400
the formation of a word from a sound associated with the thing it refers to
Onomatopoeia
400
the repetition of the beginning sounds of words
Alliteration
400
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Alliteration
500
the act of giving inanimate objects or animals human-like qualities
Personification
500
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
oxymoron
500
The tallest building in town is the library—it has a thousand stories!
Pun