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The iambic pentameter in Shakespeare's sonnets.
 
Rhythm
 
Tone
 
Irony
 
Metonymy
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are.
 
Rhyme
 
Onomatopoeia
 
Mood
 
Imagery
Like father, like son.
 
Parallelism
 
Simile
 
Symbolism
 
Allegory
He passed away instead of "He died."
 
Euphemism
 
Alliteration
 
Rhyme
 
Oxymoron
The pitter-patter of raindrops.
 
Consonance
 
Simile
 
Irony
 
Synecdoche
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.
 
Assonance
 
Consonance
 
Personification
 
Juxtaposition
The golden sun was setting behind the mountains, painting the sky with streaks of orange and pink.
 
Imagery
 
Alliteration
 
Anaphora
 
Hyperbole
Animal Farm by George Orwell is actually about the Russian Revolution and its aftermath.
 
Allegory
 
Metaphor
 
Euphemism
 
Allusion
A character mentions a bad omen that later comes true.
 
Foreshadowing
 
Mood
 
Irony
 
Consonance
The use of a dove to represent peace.
 
Symbolism
 
Assonance
 
Allusion
 
Juxtaposition
Bittersweet
 
Oxymoron
 
Imagery
 
Tone
 
Allegory
The bees buzzed around the hive.
 
Onomatopoeia
 
Assonance
 
Metonymy
 
Synecdoche
A fire station burns down.
 
Irony
 
Metaphor
 
Oxymoron
 
Allegory
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
 
Hyperbole
 
Irony
 
Rhyme
 
Alliteration
The trees danced in the wind.
 
Personification
 
Foreshadowing
 
Symbolism
 
Hyperbole
Her smile was like sunshine.
 
Simile
 
Onomatopoeia
 
Consonance
 
Alliteration
The world is a stage.
 
Metaphor
 
Hyperbole
 
Synecdoche
 
Personification
We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills.
 
Anaphora
 
Juxtaposition
 
Parallelism
 
Euphemism
She was a modern-day Cinderella, hoping her fairy godmother would come to her rescue.
 
Allusion
 
Imagery
 
Allegory
 
Foreshadowing
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
 
Alliteration
 
Irony
 
Oxymoron
 
Simile


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