The repetition of initial consonant sounds. An example is: What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun.
Personification
A type of figurative language in which nonhuman subject is given humancharacteristics. An example, sorrow walked through my door and sat down next to me.
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared without the use of "like or as"
Onomatopeia
The use of words that imitate sounds: Examples: Crash, bang, clang
Simile
A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared with the use of "like" or "as"
Symbol
Anything that stands for or represents something else.
Allusion
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work or work of art.
Hyperbole
The use of "exxageration" in a work of literature.
Oxymoron
Two words that create a contradictory term such as "Sweet Sorrow"
