Literary Devices

Assonance:

I was asleep and my feet were running around every street.

After all that stress, I must confess I love you less.

Every gun will ruin your fun.

 

Chiasmus:

I started loving you and then you stoped loving me.

I won’t sell my heart, but my heart will sell me.

Our love is killing me and we are killing our love.

 

Circumlocution:

A muscle that helps you live and throbs every time you’re in love.

In this building children learn something everyday.

The perfect spot to see the sunrise and enjoy a beer and fresh salty air.

 

Consonance:

Shopping shells at the bay shore.

During the fall the leaves Fall on every castle wall.

Male mammals will fight for the mommy mammals.

My baby burns my bouncing balls.

 

Epithet:

Sofia, the heart of gold.

My love, the pirate who stole my heart.

I will always remember you as my savor, my god.

 

Euphemism

We need a break, maybe it will clear our heads, and will help us move on. 

Last night I was up super late playing games with my girlfriend.

We think that you will be happier in another school.

Patricia Arguelles
pati_arguelles@hotmail.com