Allegory: uses the symbolism of abstract concept
with concrete imagery
Alliteration: uses the repetition of accented consonants
Antithesis: using two opposing ideas against
each other for contrast
Assonance: uses stressed vowels in a word that
agree but the preceding consonants do not
Characterization: uses the creation and representation
of convincing characters
Hyperbole: uses the obvious exaggeration to
drive home a point
Irony: uses the opposite meaning or showing the
incongruities of a situation
Metaphors: uses the comparisons that do not
depend on “like” or “as”
Personifications: uses human characteristics to
inanimate objects
Similes: uses comparisons in words of “as”
or “like”
