Syntax
It will take more than thoughts and feelings and well-wishes to fix this disastrous mess.
Polysyndeton
Her fingers fumbled, and the phone fell.
Alliteration
The mayor served in office until he croaked at the age of 83.
Dysphemism
She looked up at him, as innocent as a kitten.
Simile
By the time we got back to the house, my feet were killing me.
Hyperbole
The open sky sprawled above her. The jagged cliffs spread beneath her.
Parallelism
No longer shall we sit in darkness; no longer shall we cower to their vile schemes.
Anaphora
As he loomed over me, yelling about my incompetence, I quivered, putrified.
Malapropism
Metaphor
Not one person was awake that night when death arrived.
Personification
Determined to reestablish connection, she wrote letters, called every day, even drove the three hours to show she cared.
Asyndeton
When I commit, I commit everything I have and all of myself.
Anadiplosis
The shadow lurked closer, and I saw her eyes and mouth widen in a silent scream.
Oxymoron
After an oppressively hot summer, the crisp winds of fall were a welcome reprieve.
Juxtaposition
I suppose since you saved my life, I owe you a favor.
Understatement
Delusion, confusion, and paranoia are the primary symptoms, they say.
Hyperbaton
I'll be there in the good times, in the dull times, and even in the dark times.
Epistrophe
The rest of the year was a humiliating attempt to overcome the memory of the wardrobe malfunction.
Euphemism
Each time I met her, I was reminded of a stained glass window with its different facets, intricacies, colors.
Analogy
Despite being consumed with grief, I attempted to pull myself together before going downstairs to answer questions.
Idiom/Colloquialism
Her beauty was a poison, yet her toxicity somehow attracted him all the more.
The letters were consumed in the flaming, burning hot fire.
Pleonasm
Consonance
If we do not learn to live in peace with one another, we will die in misery alone.
Antithesis
The path, which hundreds of feet have traveled before, stretched out before us.
Synecdoche