Figure of Speech

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

• Anaphora

• Assonance
• Synecdoche

• Alliteration

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

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Understatement

Luke was the youngest elder in their church.

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Methaphor

• Paradox

The ground rumbled under my feet.

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Apostrophe

We were chickens with our heads cut off.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Apostrophe

• Onomatopoeia

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

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Synecdoche

• Metonymy

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

• Anaphora

• Assonance

• Metaphor

• Synecdoche

Paul said the ideas presented to him blew his mind

• Oxymoron

• Understatement

• Hyperbole

• Paradox

It's those we hate the most that need love the most.

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

• Apostrophe

• Metonymy

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

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Apostrophe

• Onomatopoeia