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Literary Devices Examples #1
Literary Devices Examples #1
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1
Which of the following is an idiom?
the color black = death, loss
It'll be a piece of cake.
It's raining cats and dogs.
I must be cruel to be kind.
2
Which of the following is an example of symbolism?
the color black = death, loss
Gatsby stood in the center of the crimson carpet (blood)
...as horror stares you right between the eyes
The eerie silence was shattered by her scream.
3
Which of the following is an example of imagery?
The eerie silence was shattered by her scream.
the footprints led to the zoo therefore it was the zookeeper
He's always been a Romeo.
...as horror looks you right between the eyes
4
Which of the following is an example of diction?
"are not" vs. "aren't" vs. "ain't"
A, B, A, B
a prickly shrub that bears flowers
Double double toil and trouble/fire burn and cauldron bubble
5
Which of the following is a colloquialism?
a prickly shrub that bears flowers
I need a Benjamin to cover dinner and the dance.
He's a child. vs. He's youthful.
Who cut the cheese?
6
Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?
He's a child. vs. He's youthful.
I must be cruel to be kind.
The eerie silence was shattered by her scream.
"I'll love you till China and Africa meet"
7
Which of the following is an example of paradox?
I must be cruel to be kind.
...as horror looks you right between the eyes
"Hello darkness my old friend"
the color black = death, loss
8
Which of the following is an example of connotation?
"He's a child." vs. "He's youthful."
He's such a Romeo.
the footprints led to the zoo therefore it was the zookeeper
a prickly shrub that bears flowers
9
Which of the following is an allusion?
She passed away last week.
He's a child. vs. He's youthful.
He's such a Romeo.
a prickly shrub that bears flowers
10
Which of the following is an example of denotation?
a prickly shrub that bears flowers
I need a Benjamin to cover dinner and the dance.
are not vs. aren't vs. ain't
"He's a child." vs. "He's youthful."
11
Which of the following is an example of foreshadowing?
Gatsby stood in the center of the crimson carpet (blood)
It's raining cats and dogs.
lightning danced across the sky
He's a child. vs. He's youthful.
12
Which of the following is a euphemism?
He offed the target.
the footprints led to the zoo therefore it was the zookeeper
are not vs. aren't vs. ain't
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
13
Which of the following is an apostrophe?
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
Gatsby stood in the center of the crimson carpet (blood)
It's raining cats and dogs.
"Hello darkness my old friend."
14
Which of the following is an example of personification?
...as horror looks you right between the eyes
He's always been a Romeo.
The eerie silence was shattered by her scream.
I must be cruel to be kind.
15
Which of the following is an inference?
He's such a Romeo.
the footprints led to the zoo therefore it was the zookeeper
"Hello darkness my old friend."
He's a child. vs. He's youthful.
