Figures of Speech
Repetition of a consonant
Alliteration
Repetition of a vowel sound
Assonance
Repetition of a word at the beginning of several lines
Anaphora
Repetition or reversal of a structure
Chiasmus
Describes something in a way that isn't literally true
Metaphor
Directly expressed comparison, induced by words such as "as" or "like"
Similie
Set of metaphors and similies - Refers to the whole of the figurative language
Imagery
Contrast in parallel features
Antithesis
Direct adress to an absent person or abstraction
Apostrophe
Replacement of a harsh, impolite or unpleasant phrasing
Euphemism
Understatement/denial of the contrary
Litotes
An object/idea takes the olace of another which is closely related
Metonymy
Juxtaposition of two contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Explaining instead of naming
Periphrasis
An object/animal/idea given human attributes or skills
Personification
Exageration and overstatement
Hyperbole
A word which suggests something with cultural significance
Symbol
Type of metonymy where the part stands for the whole
Synecdoche