Something that stands for something else the verbal aspect of point of view representing a matter or case at less than its full force of truth an implicit comparison or identification of one thing with another unlike itself without the use of a verbal signal comparison in which something is pictured or figured in other, more familiar terms treating as abstraction as if it were a person by endowing it with humanlike qualities direct, explicit comparison of one thing to another, usually using the words "like" or "as" to draw the connection a recurrent device, formula, or situation that debliberately connects a literary piece with common patterns of existing thought the use of words whose sounds suggest their meanings (hiss, pop, slam, buzz) a story within a story a. motif b. personification c. simile d. onomatopoeia e. understatement f. frame-work story g. metaphor h. figure of speech i. voice j. symbol