Metaphors
Metaphors suggest a comparison between two things of different nature that nevertheless have something in common. They must NOT include the words "like" or "as".
The thick covering of snow on the ground
was a blanket of chilled softness.
Snow was in the air
Cooling off all the surroundings.
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Similes
Similes directly state a comparison between two things of different nature that nevertheless have something in common. They also need to include the words "like" or "as".
The bee buzzed as loud as a motorcycle.
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Personification
Personification shows human qualities in inanimate objects.
The earth seemed to fall asleep without a sound.
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Hyperbole
Exaggerates for effect.
One million pigeons flew around me, trying to all get a part of my sandwich.
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Puns
Using words that sound alike but have a different meaning.
His son eats ice cream as the baking sun burns across the sky.
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Oxymoron
It is a couple of terms that seem one thing, but really are the other.
They were stunned by the loud silence that greeted them after they had finished playing on the stage.
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Irony
A word intended to convey a meaning just the opposite of its ordinary or literal meaning.
It was one of those wonderful kinds of days- overcast, high winds, and temperatures bellow zero.
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Alliteration
Alliteration is when the same first constant sound is found in a series of words in a row.
She sells sea-shells down by the sea-shore.
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Metonymy
A thing that stands for the person, position, or state of affairs that uses it.
They dedicated their art palettes to the cause of peace.
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