Definitions of the following:

metaphor

simile

onomatopoeia

personification

Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

simile-compares two things using like or as.

onomatopoeia - the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

personification - the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.