Metaphor, "Time is a thief that robs us blindly.", Simile, "Her laughter was like music, sweet and melodic.", Personification, "The wind whispered through the trees, sharing its ancient secrets.", Consonance, "The pitter-patter of rain on the roof.", Assonance, "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.", Onomatopoeia, "The bees buzzed around the flowers.", Allusion, "He believed the prize would save him, but like Icarus, his ambition led to his downfall.", Symbol, The green light in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" symbolizes Gatsby's unattainable dream and his hope for the future., Alliteration, "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.", Paradox, "The beginning of the end.", Oxymoron, "Deafening silence filled the room.", Hyperbole, "I've told you a million times to clean your room!"

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