Define A
Repetition of the same initial consonant sound
Alliteration
Comparing two unlike things that says one thing is another. Does not use like or as.
Metaphor
The loud boom of the fireworks scared the dog.
Onomatopoeia
I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
Simile
A big exaggeration
Hyperbole
The old couch was pretty ugly
Oxymoron
The night was a dark cloak.
Metaphor
A word that imitates the sound associated with it
Onomatopoeia
Giving human qualities to non-human things
Personfication
My team was on cloud 9, when we won our soccer game.
Idiom
The trees danced in the wind.
Personification
A phrase when words contradict each other
Oxymoron
An expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of individual words
Idiom
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
Alliteration
Her eyes were as dark as blackberries
Simile