Literary Devices - Matching Examples

Question 1

The instrument produced a sweet sound.

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Synesthesia

Question 2

High walls make not a palace; full coffers make not a king.

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Paradox

Question 3

Her fingers danced across the keyboard

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Personification

Question 4

You have to read between the lines for it to make sense.

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Idiom

Question 5

Full-faced above the valley stood the moon.

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Alliteration, Assonance

Question 6

He had struck a streak of bad luck.

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Consonance

Question 7

He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee.

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Imagery

Question 8

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house

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Rhythm

Question 9

On his fishing trip, he caught three salmon and a cold

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Zeugma

Question 10

She was asleep under a tree.

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Assonance

Question 11

A horse is a horse, of course, of course, and no one can talk to a horse of course.

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Rhyme, Assonance, Repetition, Rhythm

Question 12

Boom! Crash! The books tumbled down the stairs.

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Onomatopoeia

Question 13

He possessed a cold fire in his eyes.

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Oxymoron

Question 14

The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way.

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Alliteration

Question 15

I'm a little teapot short and stout, this is my handle, this is my spout...

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Rhythm, Rhyme

Question 16

“Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience..."

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Apostrophe

Question 17

He was as fast as a rocket!

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Hyperbole, Simile

Question 18

The wind howled through the trees.

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Personification

Question 19

Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her!

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Allusion

Question 20

The name of Britain’s biggest dog was “Tiny”.

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Irony

Question 21

I sat by the light of the fire.

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Assonance

Question 22

She ran like the wind and sang like a bird

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Simile

Question 23

Just as a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer.

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Analogy

Question 24

The eerie silence was shattered by her scream.

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Imagery, Personification

Question 25

That was a very "punny" joke.

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Pun

Question 26

He never wanted to fly because he thought he could die in the sky!

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Rhyme

Question 27

John lost his coat and his temper

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Zeugma

Question 28

He is a race car when he runs.

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Metaphor

Question 29

She has passed away and now is at rest.

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Euphemism

Literary Devices - Matching Examples

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Literary Devices - Matching Examples

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