Examples 1
“Here's an easy way to figure out if you're in a cult: If you're wondering whether you're in a cult, the answer is yes.”
― Stephen Colbert, I Am America
satire
"Splat"
"Pow"
"Bang"
onomatopeia
The use of extreme exaggeration
hyperbole
comparing two objects using like or as
simile
Telling a silent room "don't talk all at once"
irony
"my alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning"
personification
Giving human qualities to an object or animal
personification
contradictory terms
oxymoron
"the living dead"
oxymoron
"spend money to save money"
paradox
words that sound the same as they look
onomatopeia
a statement that appears contradictory and opposed to common sense but is perhaps true
paradox
"When the going gets tough, the tough get going"
parallelism
"as good as gold"
simile
calling something to mind without mentioning it directly
allusion
the use of humour or exaggeration to expose or ridicule peoples stupidity
satire
"All’s fair in love and war."
juxtaposition
"She smiles like a Cheshire cat"
allusion
saying something, but deliberately meaning the opposite
irony
placing two things close together with contrasting effect
juxtaposition