Alliteration 

is when there is a repetition of sound within a phrase or sentence.

 She sells seashells on the seashore

Anaphora is when a word is repeated multiple times within a phrase.

 Every morning, every afternoon and every evening I walk by the lake

Apostrophe is speaking to an object or item that is not alive as if it were in fact, alive.

 Oh come on you stupid door, just unlock.

 Thank you oven, for helping me make this meal.

Euphemism is the replacement of a phrase which might be deemed offensive by one

which implies the same meaning but does not carry offence with it.

 Instead of ‘he died’ you would say ‘he passed away.’

 Instead of ‘she had an abortion’ you would say ‘she terminated the pregnancy.’

Litotes is an understatement which applies a negative to express the meaning of the

affirmative.

 She isn’t the friendliest woman in the world.

 I wasn’t unhappy with the gift

Oxymoron is when two words in a phrase contradict one another.

 The girl next door is pretty ugly.

Synecdoche is a statement in which only part of something is expressed to relate to the

whole.

 At school the children learn ABCs and 123s

 He has just got some new wheel.

Pun
A pun is a play on words, it uses a word to give a different sense to the sentence and add a
double meaning.

 The two guitarists got on well as they were always in a chord.

Define the figure of speech which is used in the following exampes:

 There were many hired hands in the factory

 Our farewell was bittersweet
 The cat is mighty small
 Come trousers, you have to fit me.
 He had one apple, one banana and one pear.
 Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
 That dress is not too bad.