Literary devices

Metaphor

The classroom was a zoo.

Simile

He was as quiet as a mouse.

Personification

The wind howled through the night.

Pathetic Fallacy

Rain poured down during the funeral scene while a bright, blazing sun shone during a moment of joy.

Juxtaposition

A wealthy businessman walked past a homeless person on a freezing street.

Tricolon (Rule of Three)

Government of the people, by the people, for the people.

Hyperbole

I’ve told you a million times and the suitcase weighed a ton.

Zoomorphism

The inspector barked out the orders and he prowled through the office corridors.

Allusion

He was facing a David and Goliath battle against the corporation and she opened a Pandora's box of family secrets.

Anaphora

We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds.

Antithesis

Speech is silver, but silence is gold.

Litotes (Understatement)

Winning the lottery was no small feat and the devastating storm caused a bit of a mess.

Euphemism

He is between jobs and they are downsizing.

Dysphemism

Calling a basic dinner slop or referring to a hospital as a death trap.

Asyndeton

He filled his pockets with stones, keys, coins, maps, dust.

Polysyndeton

The storm blew and the rain came and the trees cracked and the power failed.