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#ELA#Literary devices
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1
I’ve asked you not to do that a thousand times.
allusion
hyperbole
rhyme
consonance
2
“It went
zip
when it moved and
bop
when it stopped,”
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
assonance
pun
3
“Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her.”
pun
allusion
consonance
alliteration
4
“I can resist anything but temptation.” – Oscar Wilde
metaphor
allusion
paradox
simile
5
The clouds were like ice-cream castles in the sky.
simile
diction
allusion
metaphor
6
Orson’s owl out-performed ostriches.
allusion
simile
alliteration
pun
7
Larry’s lizard likes leaping leopards.
repetition
alliteration
foreshadowing
rhyme
8
The name of Britain’s biggest dog was “Tiny”.
simile
hyperbole
irony
allusion
9
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?
consonance
alliteration
simile
metaphor
10
The
------
of “The
Three Little Pigs
” is “taking your time to do something right pays off.”
tone
theme
topic
mood
11
Where do polar bears vote? The North Poll.
consonance
assonance
onomatopoeia
pun
12
The typical teenage boy’s room is a disaster area.
irony
simile
metaphor
alliteration
13
3. Humpty Dumpty sat on a
wall
, Humpty Dumpty had a great
fall.
rhyme
hyperbole
pun
onomatopoeia
14
Describing the main idea of a story: Love =
tone
mood
topic
theme
15
Bed Bath & Beyond
allusion
onomatopoeia
alliteration
pun
16
Awfully pretty
simile
rhyme
oxymoron
allusion
17
“M
e
n s
e
ll the w
e
dding b
e
lls.”
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
pun
assonance
18
The ea
r
ly bi
r
d gets the wo
r
m
consonance
assonance
onomatopoeia
pun
19
"all the world's a stage."
rhyme
simile
metaphor
alliteration
20
“Dying is a wild night and a new road.” –
Emily Dickinson
onomatopoeia
epitaph
metaphor
pun
21
The water well was as dry as a bone.
simile
metaphor
alliteration
irony
22
The flowers danced in the gentle breeze.
allusion
personification
simile
irony
23
“Conscience is a man’s compass.” –
Vincent Van Gogh
allusion
hyperbole
metaphor
rhyme
24
“A horse is a horse, of course, of course, And no one can talk to a horse of course.
irony
allusion
repetition
hyperbole
25
It's raining cats and dogs!
hyperbole
idiom
simile
personification