similie, metaphor, personification, alliteration, paradox, irony, hyperbole, oxymoron, etc.

2. similie
A simile is a phrase which compares two things by
using ‘like’ or ‘as’

3. EXAMPLES
1. Her hair was as golden as the sun.
2. His voice is like a girl.

4. metaphor
A metaphor is a phrase which compares two
things without the use of ‘like’ or ‘as’.

5. EXAMPLES
1. This pen is my lucky charm.
2. The world is your oyster.

6. personification
A personification is when a human quality is
given to a non-living thing.

7. EXAMPLES
1. The car ran very fast.
2. The train whistled.

8. irony
An irony is a statement which conveys exactly
opposite of the literal meaning.

9. EXAMPLES
1. The submarine floated on the water.
2. The fire brigade caught fire.
3. A fitness club had an escalator.

10. Irony

11. alliteration
An alliteration is where there is repetition of
sound in the sentence.

12. EXAMPLES
1. Betty bought a butter but the butter was bitter so betty bought a
better butter to make the bitter butter better.
2. She sell sea shells on the sea shore

13. antithesis
An antithesis is a sentence which is made by
joining two opposite ideas, and the statement is
balanced.

14. EXAMPLES
1. The old house looks new.
2. Man proposes and god deposes.

15. hyperbole
A hyperbole is a sentence which is exaggerated.

16. EXAMPLES
1. My teacher will kill me if I don’t do my homework.
2. My bag weighs a tonne.

17. onomotopia
An onomotopia is a sound anything makes. {in
a sentence}

18. EXAMPLES
1. My watch ticks loudly.
2. The man burped.

19. oxymoron
An oxymoron is when two words in a sentence
contradict each other.

20. EXAMPLES
1. The girl next to the door is pretty ugly.
2. Wow! Its damn good!

21. paradox
A paradox is a statement which contradicts
itself.

22. EXAMPLES
1. Deep down the pool is very shallow.