figurative language:
Figurative language includes comparisonfigureshumanlikeliteralmetaphorqualitiessenses of speech such as simile, comparisonfigureshumanlikeliteralmetaphorqualitiesoption value="senses">senses, irony, hyperbole, etc.


metaphor:
a figure of speech (figurative language) that makes a comparisonfigureshumanlikeliteralmetaphorqualitiessenses between two unlike things. examples: The night was a black river rushing toward us "Sleep...the death of each day's life" Shakespeare

simile:
a figure of speech (figurative language) that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words comparisonfigureshumanlikeliteralmetaphorqualitiessenses or as
The night was like a black river rushing toward us.
Sleep is like the death of each day's life.

personification:comparisonfigureshumanlikeliteralmetaphorqualitiessenses attributes or comparisonfigureshumanlikeliteralmetaphorqualitiessenses given to non-living things
"Sleep that knits up that raveled sleeve of care." Shakespeare

imagery:
words that stir emotions or memories through appealing to or triggering the comparisonfigureshumanlikeliteralmetaphorqualitiessenses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell) language that has more meaning than the words themselves. These words can be symbols for or can suggest a thoughts or feelings. These words carry meaning beyond the exact or comparisonfigureshumanlikeliteralmetaphorqualitiessenses meaning of the word.