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Give me liberty, or give me death!
Antithesis
This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I’d never met herbivore.
Pun
This policy might open a Pandora’s box of problems.
Allusion
O Future, you are as uncertain as the storm.
Apostrophe
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.
Metaphor
Hope danced in her heart.
Personification
Broken pencils are pointless.
Pun
Oh, great! Another flat tire.
Irony
Time marches on, no matter how much we wish it would slow down.
Personification
The city is a pressure cooker.
Metaphor
We had to put him to sleep.
Euphemism
The only constant is change.
Paradox
