5. Antithesis “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness...”Charles Dickens – The Tale of Two Cities
6. Antithesis "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."(Martin Luther King, Jr., speech at St. Louis, 1964)
7. Make Your Own Antithesis It was the best day... He was a foolish boy...
9. The Proclaimers “But I would walk 500 milesAnd I would walk 500 moreJust to be the man who walked 1,000 milesTo fall down at your door”(The Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles))
11. Hyperbole "Ladies and gentlemen, I've been to Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and I can say without hyperbole that this is a million times worse than all of them put together."(Kent Brockman, The Simpsons)
12. Make Your Own Hyperbole I am so tired... I was so hungry... The class went for...
21. Pun A three-legged dog walks into a saloon in the Old West. He sidles up to the bar and announces: "I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.“ Shot my paw Shot my pa
26. Pun Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were cold so they lit a fire in the craft. It sank, proving that you can't have your kayak and heat it, too. “You can’t have your cake and eat it, too.”