Alliteration

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• "Hear the mellow wedding bells" by Edgar Allen Poe.
• "Try to light the fire"

Consonance
• Mike likes his new bike.
• I will crawl away the ball.
• He stood on the road and cried.
Onomatopoeia
• Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better.”

• “My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration.”

• “Buying diapers for the baby, feeding the baby, playing with the baby: This is what your
life is when you have a baby.”

Epiphora

• “Hourly joys be still upon you! Juno sings her blessings on you … Scarcity and want
shall shun you, Ceres’ blessing so is on you.”
• “I’m a Pepper, he’s a Pepper, she’s a Pepper, we’re a Pepper. Wouldn’t you like to
be a Pepper, too? Dr. Pepper.”

• “Fie, fie, thou shamest thy shape, thy love, thy wit, Which, like a userer, abound’st in all,
And uses none in that true sense indeed Which should bedeck thy shape, thy love, thy wit.”
Simile

Metaphor

• Her lovely voice was music to his ears.

• The world is a stage.

• The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.
Hyperbole
• He's running faster than the wind.

• This bag weighs a ton.

• That man is as tall as a house.
Understatement
• “Deserts are sometimes hot, dry, and sandy.” – Describing deserts of the world.
• “He is not too thin.” – Describing an obese person.

• “It rained a bit more than usual.” – Describing an area being flooded by heavy rained.

Metonymy
• “England decides to keep check on immigration.” (England refers to the government.)

• “The pen is mightier than the sword.” (Pen refers to written words, and sword to military

force.)
• “The Oval Office was busy in work.” (The Oval Office is a metonymy, as it stands for
people who work in the office.)
Synecdoche
• Boots on the ground—refers to soldiers
• New wheels—refers to a new car
• Ask for her hand—refers to asking a woman to marry
Euphemism

• Passed away instead of died.

• Dearly departed instead of died.

• Ethnic cleansing instead of genocide

Rhetorical question

• “Who knows?”
• “Are you stupid?”

• “Did you hear me?”

Climax

• In Romeo and Juliet, the climax is often recognized as being the moment

when Romeo kills Tybalt. At this point, Romeo is doomed and the play

begins the downfall of the young protagonist. This downfall eventually

leads to his tragic death.
• In Homer’s The Odyssey, the climax is when Odysseus passes the test of
stringing the bow and stands before the suitors ready to attack. This
climatic moment transitions into the falling action where Odysseus regains
his kingdom.
• In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, the climax of the novella is when
Lennie kills Curley’s wife. This is the highest point of emotional intensity in

the story and leads to resolution of George making a decision regarding

his dear friend.
Anti-climax

• Tension builds in a horror movie as a young girl approaches a closed

door. There is a scratching sound coming from behind the door. When she
opens it, a cat comes out.
• You are riding a roller coaster, and it begins to climb a steep hill slowly.
The roller coaster reaches the top of the hill, and you brace yourself to
begin a steep drop down the hill. But, the track evens out and you go
straight instead of down.
• A firefighter enters a burning house because he hears what sounds like
a child crying. When he reaches the sound, all he finds is a cat, meowing
loudly. When he emerges from the house, the entire family is standing
there safe and sound.
Oxymoron

• Act naturally.
• Alone together.
• Amazingly awful.

Parallelism

• My face is washed, my hair is combed, and my teeth are brushed.

• We are giving away our furniture, selling our house, and moving to Spain.
• To succeed in life, you need to take advantage of opportunities and to
follow your dreams.
Sarcasm

• You don’t say.

• Tell me something I don’t know.
• Yeah, because THAT’s never happened.
• Irony
• A fire station burns down.
This is unexpected because one would assume the fire chief would
keep his own building safe.
• A marriage counselor files for divorce.
This is ironic because the expectation is that a professional who
coaches couples through rough patches would herself have a strong
marriage.

• The police station gets robbed.

Paradox
• Your enemy's friend is your enemy.
• I am nobody.
• “What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young.” – George Bernard Shaw.

Prosopopoeia
All several sins, all used in each degree,

Throng to the bar, crying all, 'guilty, guilty.

“The very stones of the street speak your wickedness.”