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Literary Devices in the MacCaig poems
Literary Devices in the MacCaig poems
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Identify the literary device from the extract shown.
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“…a snuffling puff…”
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Alliteration
Simile
2
“…books that will not be read…”
Repetition
Enjambment
Alliteration
Paradox
3
"...not guzzling but giving..."
Alliteration
Enjambment
Onomatopoeia
Personification
4
“
When
a clatter came… /
When
the air creaked… /
When
the door…”
Repetition
Oxymoron
Caesura
Alliteration
5
“…fruitless fruits…”
Synaesthesia
Oxymoron
Repetition
Personification
6
“…she was buckets / And water flouncing into them…”
Alliteration
Metaphor
Personification
Synecdoche
7
“…the hospital smell…”
Onomatopoeia
Synaesthesia
Repetition
Alliteration
8
“…Ward 7. She lies…”
Assonance
Alliteration
Paradox
Caesura
9
“…slumped, like a half-filled sack…”
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Alliteration
10
“…my nostrils / As they go bobbing along…”
Alliteration
Metaphor
Synecdoche
Onomatopoeia
11
“…She wore men’s boots / When she wore any…”
Assonance
Alliteration
Enjambment
Caesura
12
“…crickets being friendly.”
Repetition
Onomatopoeia
Enjambment
Personification
