hyperbole

An extreme exaggeration

eg. he's 900 years old!

I've waited in line's for centuries!
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!

rhyme

Has the same sound at the end of a word (words that sound the same)

Eg. Cat & Hat
Cold & Bold
Play & Hay

repetition

A sound, word, syllable, line, stanza, or phrase repeated

Eg. Humpty Dumpty Sat on a wall

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall

All the kings horses and all the Kings men

Couldn't put Humpty together again

oxymoron

Two opposite things that explain one thing

eg. Cruel kindness

Bitter sweet

A little big

simile

Comparing two things using like or as

eg. She runs like the wind
He was as fat as a hippo
It was as cold as the Artic

symbol

a thing that symbolizes or represents something (mostly a feeling)

eg. A rose stands for love
A dove stands for peace

A lion stands for courage

personification

Giving human qualities to things that are non-living

eg. the stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky

the run-down house appeared depressed

the first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow