Alliteration
“Peter Piper picked…” 🗣️
Allusion
“Like Romeo and Juliet…” 💔📖
Apostrophe
“Oh, Death, be not proud…” ☠️🗨️
Dramatic Understatement
“It’s just a scratch” (huge wound) 😐🩹
Euphemism
“Passed away” instead of “died” 🌸⚰️
Hyperbole
“I’m so hungry I could eat a horse” 🐴🍽️
Idiom
“Break a leg!” 🎭🦵
Imagery
“The golden sun kissed the hills” 🌅🎨
Verbal Irony
“Great job!” (when it’s clearly not) 🙃🗯️
Dramatic Irony
Audience knows more than the characters
Situational Irony
Fire station burns down 🔥🚒
Juxtaposition
Placing opposites side by side
Metaphor
“Time is a thief” ⏳🕵️
Paradox
“Less is more” 🤔🔄
Pathetic Fallacy
Nature reflects emotions-Rain during a sad scene 🌧️😢
Personification
“The wind whispered” 🌬️🗣️
Onomatopoeia
“Bang!” “Buzz!” “Splash!” 💥🐝💦
Oxymoron
“Bittersweet” “Deafening silence” 😶🍬
Simile
“Fast as a cheetah” 🐆⚡
Symbolism
Dove = peace 🕊️❤️
Synecdoche
“All hands on deck” ✋🚢
