Language features

Consonance- the property of sounding harmonious

• It will creep and beep while you sleep.
• Pitter, patter.

Oxymoron- conjoined contradictory terms, opposite terms put together

• Their relationship demonstrated cruel kindness.
• The living dead was the name of the new show.

Metonymy- substituting the name of a feature for the name of the thing

• The land belongs to the crown.
• Let me give you a hand. (help)