Literary Devices: Examples

His angry tears were greeted by a cheerful crowd.

The warm breeze tickled my cheeks.

The audience knows that the killer is in the house, but the characters don't and walk right in.

A golden host of daffodils sprout beside the lake, swaying gently in the summer breeze.

I went to a seafood disco last week and pulled a "mussel".

Maycomb, AL in the 1930s.

Man vs. Society

LIfe cannot exist without death.

He swooped in and saved the day. He was your everyday Superman.

You scared me to death!

In "The Most Dangerous Game" the author tells us that the island is called 'Ship Trap' island.

The championship hurdler tripped over a crack in the pavement.

My hopes and dreams fell to the ground like dead leaves from a tree.

She is "pretty ugly".

Time is money.