LITERARY DEVICES- ALLEGORY- RHYTHM (NEW)

"A quiet stream under golden skies, where children laugh and time forgets to move."

In a coming-of-age story, the main character expresses love and resentment toward her mother simultaneously.

"The fog hung heavy, smothering the hills in silence. She felt both relief and dread as she entered the town."

In a dystopian novel, a government building is named “The Ministry of Peace,” though it oversees weapons development.

A dying hero exclaims, “Now I must go to the great feast hall in the sky, where Odin pours the mead.”

A character states after surviving and losing his family Well, I guess this vacation came with a few unexpected perks."

The reader knows that the butler poisoned the tea, but the characters at the dinner table praise him for his loyalty.

"I could’ve eaten a thousand pancakes and still had room for more!"

"The word ‘home’ wrapped around her like a warm blanket, though the apartment was cold and empty."

In a novel, a group of animals overthrow a farmer and create their own government parallel to the Russian Revolution.

"Freedom is the slavery of choice."

"The priest, who had walked among corpses and cradled the dying, slipped on a banana peel and cried out, 'My robes!'"

"Your voice is thunder; your eyes, lightning; your touch, a tempest that shatters calm seas."

A character in a modern play says, "He was her Romeo, without the poetry or the tragic ending."

In a gothic novel, images of decaying roses, empty corridors, and shattered mirrors appear throughout the story.

"And so he walked away, smiling — or maybe frowning — as the sun disappeared."