Making Word Salad

 

1. Simile: Compares two things using "like" or "as." (e.g., "Her eyes twinkled like stars.")

2. Metaphor: Creates a direct comparison between two things, stating one thing is another. (e.g., "The test was a beast.")

3. Personification: Gives human qualities to non-human things. (e.g., "The wind whispered through the trees.")

4. Hyperbole: Uses extreme exaggeration for emphasis. (e.g., "I'm starving, I could eat a horse!")

5. Litotes: Understatement used for emphasis or humor. (e.g., "That wasn't exactly my finest moment.")

6. Symbolism: Uses an object or concept to represent something else. (e.g., A dove symbolizing peace.)

7. Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate the sound they describe. (e.g., "The car buzzed down the road.")

8. Assonance: Repetition of vowel sounds within a sentence or phrase. (e.g., "The slimy snake slithered silently.")

9. Consonance: Repetition of consonant sounds close together. (e.g., "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.")

10. Alliteration: Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. (e.g., "Fantastic figures filled the forest.")

11. Euphemism: A mild or indirect expression in place of a harsh one. (e.g., "Passed away" instead of "died")

12. Irony: A situation where the opposite of what is expected happens. (e.g., A fire station burning down)

13. Paradox: A statement that seems contradictory but might hold truth. (e.g., "Less is more.")

14. Oxymoron: Two opposite words used together for effect. (e.g., Deafening silence)

15. Pun: A play on words with similar sounds or meanings. (e.g., "I went to the seafood disco last night, and the DJ was a shrimp.")

16. Metonymy: Uses a related word to represent something else. (e.g., "The White House" for the US government)

17. Synecdoche: Uses a part to represent the whole. (e.g., "Wheels" to refer to a car)

18. Apostrophe: Directly addressing a person, thing, or idea that is absent or non-human. (e.g., "Oh, cruel fate!")

19. Rhetorical Question: A question asked for effect, not expecting an answer. (e.g., "Can you believe it?")

20. Anaphora: Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences or clauses. (e.g., "We shall overcome. We shall prevail.")