Figures of Speech

Earth is our Mother and our tent, the sky.

• SIMILE

• METAPHOR

• PERSONIFICATION

• APOSTROPHE

The humble bee’s bass and drums boomed beneath.

• ASSONANCE

• ALLITERATION

• LITOTES

• OXYMORON

The tumult has reached the stars.

• ALLUSION

• HYPERBOLE

• SYNECHDOCHE

• METONYMY

I long have had a quarrel with time for robbing me always.

• PARADOX

• SIMILE

• PERSONIFICATION

• PUN

You can save money by spending it.

• OXYMORON

• LITOTES

• PUN

• PARADOX

My love for you is as wide as the universe, as deep as the ocean.

• SIMILE

• METAPHOR

• PERSONIFICATION

• ALLITERATION

There is no “Open Sesame” to the treasure of knowledge.

• SYNECHDOCHE

• ALLUSION

• METAPHOR

• ONOMATOPOEIA

Truly, your voice is amazing! That will be your last song, okay?

• PARADOX

• OXYMORON

• IRONY

• LITOTES

The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard.

• ALLITERATION

• SIMILE

• ONOMATOPOEIA

• HYPERBOLE

A lot of teachers are having a working vacation this summer.

• PARADOX

• OXYMORON

• IRONY

• LITOTES