1. By: Amelia Smith

2. This figure of speech occurs when an artwork refers to people, places, events, or other artworks. This literary device is used by a book that refers to some other work, such as the Bible or a Shakespearean play. A brief reference to some person, historical event, work of art, or Biblical or mythological situation or character.

3. It is a type of intentional exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.

4. This type of literature uses people, animals, or objects to represent abstract ideas. In this type of highly symbolic literature, a lion can symbolize courage, while a rose can stand for beauty.

5. Words that sound like what they mean.

6. The repeated vowel sounds in words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines.

7. Cliché Any figure of speech that was once clever and original but through overuse has become outdated.

8. The use of words in such a way in which the intended meaning is completely opposite to their literal meaning.

9. A direct comparison between two unlike things, stating that one is the other or does the action of the other.

10. Imagery The use of figurative language to create visual representations of action, objects and ideas in our mind in such a way that they appeal to our physical senses.

11. A combination of two words that appear to contradict each other.

12. It gives a thing, and idea, or an animal human qualities.

13. Pun A play on words, often achieved through the use of words with similar sounds but different meanings.

14. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds usually formed with “like” or “as”. Well-known similes are: “cute as a kitten,” comparing the way someone looks to the way a kitten looks “as busy as a bee” comparing someone’s level of energy to a fast-flying bee "as snug as a bug in a rug" comparing someone who is very cozy to how comfortable a bug can be in a rug "as happy as a clam" comparing someone's happiness to the contentment of a clam

15. An accepted phrase or expression having a meaning different from the literal.

16. Analogy A comparison, usually something unfamiliar with something familiar.

17. The repetition of the initial consonant sound in words.

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