Allusion

"He was a Good Samaritan yesterday when he helped the lady start her car." 
"You are a Solomon when it comes to making decisions."
The rise in poverty will unlock the Pandora’s box of crimes. 
My sister’s house is not the Ritz-Carlton, but it is warm and dry.

Apostrophe

Oh, Christmas tree, oh, Christmas tree, how lovely are your branches.

“Oh, Starbucks, how I love you! Your medium dark roast allowed me to survive that meeting!”

Dear love, please don't shoot me with your Cupid's bow.

Hyperbole

The lake was so still and clear that you could see through it down to the center of the Earth.

She’s so sweet you could get a cavity from talking to her.

She can hear a pin drop a mile away.

Litotes

Running a marathon in under two hours is no small accomplishment.

They aren't the happiest couple around.

A million dollars is no small chunk of change.

Irony

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room."

Britain's biggest dog was named Tiny.

Coffee City is a city in Texas, mostly visited to buy beer.

Metaphor

In capitalism, money is the life blood of society but charity is the soul.

He cast a net of words in garish colours wrought to catch the idle buzzers of the day.

My soul was a lampless sea and she was the tempest.

Simile
 Blood seeped out of the wound like red teardrops.

I dream of silent verses where the rhyme glides noiseless as an oar.

The breath of her false mouth was like faint flowers, / Her touch was as electric poison.

Though they knew it not, their baby’s cries were lovely as jeweled butterflies.

Oxymoron

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

Suddenly the room filled with a deafening silence.

I let out a silent scream as the cat walked through the door carrying a dead bird.

Paradox

Here are the rules: Ignore all rules.

If there’s one thing that I know, it’s that I don’t know anything at all.

Personification

The ocean waves lashed out at the boat, and the storm continued to brew.

Like the children playing, the moon also had its hide and seek game with the big clouds in the
sky.

"The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night."

The tree branch scratched and clawed at my windowsill, trying to break into the house.

During the night, the blanket crept up until it was snuggled under my chin and my feet were
bare.

Metonymy

Marlon Brando, Steve McQueen, and James Dean are now legends of the silver screen.

The suits on Wall Street walked off with most of our savings.

Synecdoche

"Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears."

 My grandfather has been in the hospital for four days now due to the flu, but the nurse assures
me he is in good hands.