The repetition of an initial consonant sound.

It is going to be clear skies from now on.

You laugh at a person who slipped stepping on a banana peel and the next thing you know, you slipped too.

It is a mini speech given by the host of a ceremony that introduces another speaker and his or her speech.

Your suitcase weighs a ton!

Her cheeks are red like a rose.

are speeches given during a ceremony or a ritual marked by observance of formality or etiquette.

allows someone to say goodbye to one part of his or her life as he or she is moving on to the next part of life.

I am awake, I am strong. I am ready.

I am dying of shame.

is a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect.

is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things.

derived from a Greek word meaning “over-casting” is a figure of speech, which involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.

is a figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics.

Correctional facility instead of jail

Pregnancy termination instead of abortion

The sun smiled down on them

The name of Britain’s biggest dog was “Tiny”.

is a speech given in honor of someone who has died.

Pretty ugly

The substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit.

He dunked the delicious donut in dairy creamer.

The party died down

It is a speech given by the recipient of a prize or honor.

Seriously funny

The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verse.

It’s weird not to be weird.” -John Lennon

is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words.

is a word or group of words that contains images.

is the projection of characteristics that normally belong only to humans onto inanimate objects, animals, deities, or forces of nature.

Unfortunately, I was in the wrong place at the wrong time on the wrong day.

She sells seashells by the seashore.

speech is a very interesting and peculiar speech because it is designed to both praise and good-naturedly insult a person being honoredspeech

Ugh, cell phone, why won’t you load my messages?”

is a brief speech given to accompany a prize or honor.

is when a speaker breaks off from addressing one party and instead addresses a third party.

The water well was as dry as a bone.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.” -Gandhi

O holy night! The stars are brightly shining!”

The skies of his future began to darken.

is a speech designed to congratulate, appreciate, or remember.

is delivered when a new store opens, a building is named after someone, a plaque is placed on a wall, a new library is completed, and so on.

is the juxtaposition of a set of seemingly contradictory concepts that reveal a hidden and/or unexpected truth.