Parts of Speech and Literary Devices Study Guide

That is water under the bridge

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

Jody arrived to the birthday party in her birthday suit.

• Idiom

• Euphemisms

• Tautology

• Metaphor

Sorry, I thought you knew that John kicked the bucket. I figured somebody told you knew he bit thhe dust.

• Euphemism

• Tautology

• Metaphor

• Personification

This year has been bitter-sweet.

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

• Metaphor

• Personification

You should make every attempt to bury the hatchet.

• Irony

• Sarcasm

• Paradox

• Idiom

The trees stood at attention as the majestic breeze ran through the town

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Irony

Betty bought a bit of butter but she found the butter bitter so she bought a better butter but that butter was also bitter.

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Sarcasm

I am between jobs at the moment.

• Euphemisms

• Irony

• Paradox

• Metaphor

I am going to go powder my nose. Are you coming?

• Metaphor

• Euphemisms

• Tautology

• Personification

You know Jenny the vertically challege waiter at Tripple century.

• Euphemism

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Paradox