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Poetic Devices
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A statement that contradicts itself.
Irony
Allusion
Oxymoron
Paradox
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A figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing is referred to by something closely associated with it.
Analogy
Pun
Metonymy
Ambiguity
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A phrase that was once clever and original but through overuse has become outdated.
Hyperbole
Analogy
Cliché
Oxymoron
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Which line below has a simile ?
I'm never going back. The past is in the past.
My power flurries through the air into the ground.
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast.
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around.
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Identify the poetic device.
Pun
Cacophony
Rhyme
Euphemism
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"The road was a ribbon of moonlight," is an example of which of these literary techniques?
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Personification
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Which is an example of an oxymoron in the following passage?
unpopular celebrity
If you know what I mean
not for a million bucks
strange, sleepy, silent
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"The golden sun dipped behind the jagged mountains, painting the sky in strokes of orange, pink, and deep purple."
Visual imagery
Tactile imagery
Taste imagery
Sound imagery
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"He hammered so hard, the earth began to shake." is and example of...
Hyperbole
Simile
Methaphor
Personification
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Repetition of vowel sounds in lines of poetry.
allusion
alliteration
assonance
consonance
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What poetic device is shown?
Allegory
Irony
Symbol
Analogy
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What literary device can you spot?
Assonance
Consonance
Repetition
Onomatopoeia
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"Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk with you again..."
(Paul Simon, The sound of silence)
Oxymoron
Personification
Simile
Anaphora
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Identify the poetic device.
Rhythm
Symbol
Repetition
Rhyme
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She sells seashells by the seashore is an example of ....
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Consonance
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These are examples of ...
Repetition
Cacophony
Consonance
Assonance
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Identify the literary device.
Anaphora
Euphemism
Allusion
Repetition
