Lit Devices Vocabulary

An ________________ is a reference to something widely known in the culture

A common expression not to be understood literally is an 

The emperor destroyed something beautiful to protect the beauty he already had: 

Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers is an example of: 

A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as" is 

"Deep deep down in the deepest deeps" contains 

Something that represents something other than itself; eg: a dove is a ________ of piece. 

"You know, the ocean's the most confusing big snowflake ever?" 

"I'll make a sound like an empty house when you open the door," is an example of 

Language that is meant to be understood by going by the dictionary definition of words is

The United States is to North America as Egypt is to Africa 

This is a regional way of speaking a language. There are many ________s of English

"...there was always our Voice, the great deep cry of our Fog Horn" contains: 

Words that sound like the thing they suggest: "Zap!" "Meow" "Mooo" "Boom!"