1、antithesis
We prefer to die a hero, rather live a slave.
Give me liberty, or give me death.
Pride hurts, modesty benefits.
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
All for one, one for all.

2、euphemismHe fell into sleep forever.
She gained weight recently.
She is less slender than her sister.

3、metonymy
Pentagon announced the US army would attack Iraq soon.
So, during any five-week shape-up, focus more on the tape measure than on the bathroom scale.
The buses in America are on strike now.
The pen is mightier than the sword.

4、alliteration
The sun sank slowly.
The little girl sold shells on the seashore.
When the things happen that you do not like, you have two choices: You get bitter or better.
He passed a miserable, merry Christmas.
Profits of praise
There was something simple, sincere in that voice.

5、personification
A great misfortune crept over the whole city.

6、assonance
A late breakfast makes the morning faster.
He is bad, not mad.

7、sarcasm
He is such a stupid guy, he made all things in a mess.

8、irony
This is really a great stupid idea.
He is the most capable person in the world for he knows how to writer a letter. as slender in the middle as a cow in the waist腰细如牛

9、synecdoche
He earns his bread by writing.
A hand is needed here.
The red scarves helped the old man climb the stairs.
The blacks defense their rights all the time.

10、simile
What had been experienced in the past was always looming in memory like a picture.
The cheque fluttered to the floor like a bird with a broken wing. as clear as crystal

11、metaphor
He is the living Lei Feng.
That scholar is really a book worm.
What will parents do without the electronic baby-sitter?
The world is a stage.
He has a heart of stone.
Time is money.

12、Hyperbole
A thousand years cannot repair a moment’s loss of honor.
Love makes the world go round.
Content is more than a kingdom.
Faith will move mountains.
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