the description of a thing as if it is something else

a comparison of two unlike things using like, as or than

the use of words whose sounds echo their meaning (crash, kerplunk,hiss)

repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginnings of words

the description of something nonhuman as if it were human

when the words at the end of the line of poetry rhyme

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Literary Devices

Pena/Literary Devices

Question	Answer
metaphor	the description of a thing as if it is something else
simile	a comparison of two unlike things using like, as or than
onomatopoeia	the use of words whose sounds echo their meaning (crash, kerplunk,hiss)
alliteration	repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginnings of words
personification	the description of something nonhuman as if it were human
end rhyme	when the words at the end of the line of poetry rhyme