Literary Devices - Figures of Speech

The bomb created a tremendous boom.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Apostrophe

• Onomatopoeia

The earth waited for the perfect time to exact its revenge.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Apostrophe

• Onomatopoeia

People started running like ants.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Apostrophe

• Onomatopoeia

We were chickens with our heads cut off.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Apostrophe

• Onomatopoeia

The heir aired his assent to marry a lass who had his heart.

• Synecdoche

• Metonymy

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Assonance

The crown sent the message out to the entire kingdom.

• Synecdoche

• Metonymy

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Assonance

He held his helmet and took the helm to hightail to her.

• Synecdoche

• Metonymy

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Assonance

As soon as he saw her, the prince asked for her hand.

• Synecdoche

• Metonymy

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Assonance

Patricia cried about it for hours but said that he didn't care at all.

• Hyperbole

• Understatement

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

Paul said the ideas presented to him blew his mind.

• Hyperbole

• Understatement

• Paradox

• Oxymoron