Alliteration, Analogy, Antithesis, Allusion, Anecdote

Antithesis

"Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n." John Milton-Paradise Lost

Alliteration

"His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead." James Joyce

Allusion

"I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio's."

Antithesis

"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, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way." Charles Dickens

Analogy

"Structure of an atom is like a solar system. Nucleus is the sun and electrons are the planets revolving around their sun."

Analogy

"They crowded very close about him, with their hands always on him in a careful, caressing grip, as though all the while feeling him to make sure he was there. It was like men handling a fish which is still alive and may jump back into the water." George Orwell

Alliteration

"Up the aisle, the moans and screams merged with the sickening smell of woolen black clothes worn in summer weather and green leaves wilting over yellow flowers." Maya Angelou

Allusion

"When the volcano erupted, the nearby forest was swallowed up in dust and ash like Jonah."

Anecdote

Mr Gore kills Demby in Frederick Douglass's Narrative.