The gift of the magi by O.Henry.
• Three times Della counted it. (Alliteration)
• There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. (Onomatopoeia)
• … life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.(Alliteration)
• A furnished flat at $8 per week. (Alliteration)
• It did not exactly beggar description, but … (Assonance)
• … and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring. (Onomatopoeia)
• Now, when the income was shrunk to $20, though, they were thinking seriously of contracting to a modest and unassuming D. (Alliteration)
• She stood by the window and looked out dully at a gray cat walking a gray fence in a gray backyard. (Alliteration), (Assonance)
• And then an ecstatic scream of joy; and then, alas! (Onomatopoeia)
• She held it out to him eagerly upon her open palm. (Assonance).