Literary Terms - Shampoopsi

when human personality traits or human qualities are assigned to an inanimate object 

an extreme exaggeration

the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think

a comparison of two unlike things not using like or as; saying one thing is another thing

words that sound like what they mean (bam, pow, smack)

a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

the representation through language of a sensory experience (see, smell, taste, hear, touch)

an object used to represent something abstract (one thing stands for something else)

two or more words in the same line having the same first consonant sound

contradictory terms joined for emphasis (two opposites next to each other like "jumbo shrimp")

a play on words