Category: Literature

Repeating consonant and vowel sounds throughout a sentence.

Descriptions created by using words with opposite meanings.

Insincerely saying the opposite of what is meant in order to insult.

Exaggerating to create an effect or feeling.

Questions that are asked to make a point, rather than to get an answer.

A widely-known nickname that can be used instead of a real name or noun.

Giving human characteristics and personalities to non-human things.

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

Using ‘like’ or ‘as’ to compare two things.

Words that sound like sounds.