Here is a compiled list of figurative devices in Kurt Vonnegut's novel, "Slaughterhouse Five":
Alliteration
"...all humanity, without exception, conspired biologically to produce two perfect people..."
(p.75)
Allusion
"And Hitler turned into a baby, Billy supposed."
(p.75)
Assonance
"So what do the three musketeers do now?"
(p.49)
Epiphet
"I think the climax of the book will be the execution of poor old Edgar Derby"
(p.4-5)
Hyperbole
"She was as big as a house because she couldn't stop eating"
(p.107)
Metaphor
"Derby described the artificial weather that Earthlings sometimes create... shells were bursting, showering down knives and needles and razorblades"
(p.106)
Metonymy
"They called them "yank", told them "good show, promised them "Jerry was on the run", and so on."
(p.95)
Personification"
"He ate a pear. It fought back against his grinding teeth. It snapped in juicy protest."
(p.99)
Repetition
" 'I am. I certainly am', said Billy Pilgrim"
(p.61)
Simile
"He was a funny looking child... shaped like a bottle of coca-cola"
(p.23)
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