“The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free; We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea.”
Alliteration
Pun
Rhyme
The skies of his future began to darken.
Simile
Metaphor
"I just got there in the nick of time"
Limerick
Cliche
Jargon
Here thou, great Anna, whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take, and sometimes tea….”
Diction
Climax
Anti-climax
Nurse: God ye good morrow, gentlemen. Mercutio: God ye good den, fair gentlewoman. Nurse: Is it good den? Mercutio: ‘Tis no less, I tell you; for the bawdy hand of the dial is now upon the prick of noon. Nurse: Out upon you! What a man are you!
Haiku
Double entendre
Motif
“Life were better ended by their hate, Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love”
Foreshadowing
Assonance
Comparison
My grandmother is as old as the hills.
Paradox
Irony
Hyperbole
“It is the unkindest tied that ever any man tied.”
Poetic Justice
Discourse
Good fences make good neighbors. Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder If I could put a notion in his head.
Snark
Satire
"Here was a small boy of Quebec Who was buried in snow to his neck When they said, “Are you friz?” He replied, “Yes, I is — But we don’t call this cold in Quebec.”
Sarcasm
Plot
“This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable Rights of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Tone
Synesthesia
Our soldiers are as brave as lions
Exaggeration
"Friends, countrymen, lend me your ears.”
Memoir
“In me didst thou exist—and, in my death, see by this image, which is thine own, how utterly thou hast murdered thyself.”
Doppelganger
Oxymorom
Imagery
“I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more or less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind….”
Epitaph
Meiosis