Figurative Language about Pet Peeves

Tropes:

-Metaphor:

• “Pet peeves can really be a thorn in my side.”
• -Just like how a thorn in your side only bothers you, a pet peeve is something that bothers you more than it does to others. It is also a minor annoyance that over time becomes extremely annoying and uncomfortable.

-Paronomasia:

• “When I go to my aunt’s house she always leaves food out attracting ants, which drives me crazy!”
• One way to create a paronomasia is by using homophones. In this example they are the words aunt and ant which are both pronounced the same way.

-Anthimeria:

• “I was really peeved off when the man didn't cover his mouth when he coughed.”
• In this sentence it took the word pet peeve and changed it into a verb, peeved. Ironically this is already a word that people are familiar with.

-Hyperbole:

• “Pet peeves are the worst things ever!”
• The reason this is an exaggeration is because pet peeve are little minor things that others do that drive you crazy. There are plenty of other things in life that would cause you more anger, anxiety, or hatred.

-Oxymoron:

• “Whenever someone would slurp their soup, Sarah’s pet peeve, she would become very passive aggressive towards them.”
• The oxymoron in this sentence is passive aggressive. Aggressive people are never passive, and passive people hate confrontation which contradicts aggression.

Schemes:

-Parallelism:

• “Pet peeves can include chewing with your mouth open, talking during the movie, not using the blinker in your car, and not replacing the toilet paper role.”
• The parallelism in this sentence can be found in the list of different pet peeves. All of the verbs used are in the present progressive tense.

-Anastrophe:

• “From person to person pet peeves can vary.”
• The sentence would normally be read "Pet peeves vary from person to person," but in this sentence, the subject is placed at the end of the sentence. instead of the front. By using the passive voice there is less emphasis on the pet peeve itself.

-Ellipsis:

• “Jane’s pet peeve was nail biting, Mike’s was when people use speaker phone in public areas.”
• The word pet peeve is taken out of the second part of the sentence which creates and ellipsis. The subject of the sentence continues onto the second part of the sentence which is why it can be omitted. 

-Alliteration:

• “I have a pesky pet peeve of paper planes passing over people’s pancakes.” 
• The P sound is repeated multiple times throughout the sentence which provides comic relief to the sentence.