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1
Tom Brady is a good quarterback.
colloquialism
irony
slang
understatement
2
All this waste happens before any lid is popped, any can is opened, or any seal is broken.
parallelism
slang
symbol
allusion
3
The highway was a ribbon of twists and turns.
metaphor
paradox
simile
overstatement
4
Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.
irony
hyperbole
local color
analogy
5
Dean's not cool; she's gonna give us homework.
colloquialism
personification
symbol
simile
6
"Sue did not want to endure Eve's curse, so she opted for the epidural"
paradox
irony
colloquialism
allusion
7
The ambulance driver arrived and ran over the victim.
irony
flashback
colloquialism
metaphor
8
I ate so much food I couldn't fit into my dorm room.
oxymoron
hyperbole
allusion
synecdoche
9
war for peace, controlled chaos, black light
oxymoron
pun
irony
flashback
10
In the
Wizard of Oz
they show Ms. Gulch harassing Dorothy and her dog and Dorothy calls her a wicked old witch.
pun
juxtaposition
irony
foreshadowing
11
The trees whispered, telling me that fall was near.
pun
oxymoron
simile
personification
12
He ate so many skittles that he was starting to turn colors.
pun
exaggeration
parralelism
symbol
13
Telling a story about homeless people on the beach to help the reader understand more clearly.
anecdote
irony
flashback
metaphor
14
I went to the IDO because tutor had ripped a per.
pun
local color
irony
analogy
15
I had to decide making salad with Mom or playing catch with Dad, it was a toss-up.
allusion
pun
exaggeration
antithesis
16
They had hands like claws.
metaphor
allusion
simile
analogy
17
I got so many tomatoes from my garden that I made salsa for the entire state of Michigan.
overstatement
slang
pun
analogy
18
In the movie
Titanic
Rose is explaining what her time on the ship was like.
foreshadowing
metaphor
flashback
paradox
19
I shall always bear the deformities with which I have been blessed.
allusion
paradox
slang
foreshadowing
20
hype, dis, lit, salty
symbol
slang
simile
oxymoron
21
Just remember, we're all in this alone.
allusion
parallelism
juxtaposition
hyperbole
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hourglass, cross, dove
irony
paradox
personification
symbol