Oxymoron: a posh muttAlliteration: a posh pug parades in Piccadilly Square

Metaphor: Huddled against the cold, the ice is his blanketParadox: He warms himself with the ice and snow

Personification: The puck taunts the goalie.Onomatopoeia: the puck whizzed past his helmet and smacked against the ice.Metaphor and Personification: The puck found its way home.

Irony: I think I'll vacation in Afghanistan next summer.Sarcasm: love the boots, very fashion forward!Allusion: Valentino would have something to say about that look.

Simile: perpendicular to the icy ground, he paused for a heartbeat, like Spiderman poised against a glass building.

Cliché: It rained cats and dogs.

Imagery, Personification, Alliteration: The coal dust was so thick it had become a part of him, coated his skin and climbed into his pores. It had transformed him, belied his bravery. Lips pursed, piercing emerald eyes exhausted, defeated, it was the tar black coal that had conquered.

Understatement: A handful of travelers waited at the train station.

Hyperbole: He had the power to spit volcanoes.

Paradox: They smiled with menace.

Personification and Metaphor: The jellyfish nudged the surface, jeweled and glorious.

Personification, Alliteration, and Metaphor: a symphony of cerulean, sapphire, and cyan blues wooed a hesitant rainbow.

Understatement: it was a chilly day.

Onomatopoeia: Celebration roared through the air.