Author's Craft One and Two

Compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"

compares two things that are not alike to suggest they have something in common

an exaggeration that can't possibly be true

giving something unhuman, actual human qualities

a figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or event

the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables

repetition of the sound of a vowel stressed syllables

an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience

the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

visually descriptive or figurative language