24 Jul Literary Devices

Assonance-

Jane felt pain when told tickets were sold out for Gucci Mane.

Kids get sick then lick each other.

Drinking tea makes me pee especially when I have it by the sea.

Chiasmus-

Overcome your fears or fear will overcome you.

You were my life. My life was you.

Eat what you like and like what you eat.

Circumlocution-

Dinner will start when the sun sets. When the air is not quite as hot and sticky. When the children have bid their friends goodbye and come back inside.

Dinner will start at 7.

It wasn’t the best day but it wasn’t the worse. There was nothing to rejoice about but nothing to cry over. I’ve had better days but I’ve also had worse.

It was an okay day.

She’s your dad’s brother’s kid.

She’s your cousin.

Consonance-

Peter piled on the pickles and pitched a fit for peanuts.

Gayle’s grandma gifted her some geese and a guillotine.

Hell has haughty handball players but no hot hockey players.

Epithet-

The swift-handed grandma was known for her slaps across the head.

The raven-haired baby was the oddball of the blonde family.

Eager and bright-eyed, the children were ready for the school year.

Euphemism-

The cake you baked wasn’t my favorite, but it was good.

The room was a bit cluttered.

His lectures were a bit hard to follow.