Here are the meanings and examples for each figure of speech: a) Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words that are close together. Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. b) Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds within words that are close together. Example: The silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain. (Repetition of the short 'u' sound and 'i' sound) c) Consonance: The repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words that are close together. Example: Mike likes his new bike. (Repetition of the 'k' sound) d) Personification: Giving human qualities or actions to inanimate objects or abstract ideas. Example: The wind whispered secrets through the trees. e) Rhythm: The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry or prose, creating a musical quality. Example: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (The alternating stressed and unstressed syllables create an iambic rhythm). f) Rhyme: The repetition of similar sounding words, usually at the end of lines in poetry. Example: Twinkle, twinkle, little star, / How I wonder what you are. g) Metaphor: A direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as." It states that one thing is another. Example: The classroom was a zoo. h) Simile: A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as." Example: Her smile was as bright as the sun.