5796732449 | Animal Farm | Allegory | 0 | |
5796733369 | I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street | Alliteration | 1 | |
5796734574 | I didn't have any bus fare, but fortunately some good Samaritan helped me out! | Allusion | 2 | |
5796734727 | It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. | Anaphora | 3 | |
5796735183 | That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind | Antithesis | 4 | |
5796735848 | All for one and one for all | Aphorsim | 5 | |
5796736436 | They're some creeps who I wouldn't meet if you paid me a heap of cash! | Apostrophe | 6 | |
5796737831 | After seeing all the evidence, I agree. They disagree. | Asyndeton | 7 | |
5796739857 | Live simply so that others might simply live. | Chiasmus | 8 | |
5796740251 | The lint was sent with the tent | Consonance | 9 | |
5796744516 | For no government is better than the men who compose it, and I want the best, and we need the best, and we deserve the best. | Epistrophe | 10 | |
5796750811 | We have to let you go, Tyler. | Euphemism | 11 | |
5796751509 | You need to clean your bedroom now, please. | Imperative sentence | 12 | |
5796753215 | Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's maybelline. | Isocolon | 13 | |
5796753953 | "Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light." | Juxtaposition | 14 | |
5796754050 | "The radiators put out lots of heat, too much, in fact, and old-fashioned sounds and smells came with it, exhalations of the matter that composes our own mortality, and reminiscent of the intimate gases we all diffuse." | Loose sentence | 15 | |
5796758156 | She is planning to serve the dish early in the evening. | metonymy | 16 | |
5796760171 | "He saw nothing and heard nothing but he could feel his heart pounding and then he heard the clack on stone and the leaping, dropping clicks of a small rock falling." | Onomatopoeia | 17 | |
5796762679 | "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others". | Paradox | 18 | |
5796763936 | Ally likes to ski, to swim and to jump. | Parallel Structure | 19 | |
5796765002 | In spite of heavy snow and cold temperatures, the game continued. | Periodic Sentence | 20 | |
5796766622 | "Miss Bolo [...] went straight home, in a flood of tears and a sedan-chair." | Zeugma | 21 | |
6532773280 | Go slow over the road | Assonance | 22 |
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