vocab words

simile-figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, resembles, or than.
metaphor-figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the words like, as, than, or resembles.
personification-special kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it ere human.
allusion-reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, or pop culture.
hyperbole-an exaggeration.
irony-contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality-between what is said and what is really meant, between what is expected to happen, or between what appears to be true and what is really true.