| A | B |
|---|
| alliteration | she sells sea shells by the sea shore |
| anaphora | it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness |
| apostrophe | "out damned spot! out I say" |
| Assonance | fleet feet sweep by sleeping geeks |
| asyndeton | "They dove, splashed, floated, splashed, swam, snorted." |
| chiasmus | "I'd rather be looked over than overlooked." |
| ellipsis | "to be or not...that is the question" |
| golden line | Disiectam Aeneae toto videt aequore classem |
| metaphor | "no man is an island" |
| simile | Her hair was like gravy, running brown off her head and clumping up on her shoulders |
| hendiadys | He came despite the rain and weather |
| hyperbole | I've told you a million times not to exaggerate |
| litotes | Running a marathon in under two hours is no small accomplishment |
| metonymy | The IRS is auditing me? Great. All I need is a couple of suits arriving at my door |
| onomatapoeia | The buzzing of innumerable bees |
| oxymoron | The Sounds of Silence |
| paradox | Whosoever loses his life, shall find it. |
| polyptoton | With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder. |
