Literary Devices Practice in Night

Question 1

"The words were choking me, paralyzing my lips. There was nothing else to say.”

Accepted Answer

Personification

Question 2

"From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me."

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Metaphor

Question 3

“This conversation lasted no more than a few seconds. It seemed like an eternity.”

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Hyperbole

Question 4

“ A tall man, in his thirties, a crime written all over his forehead and his gaze."

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Idiom

Question 5

"Buna is a very good camp. One can hold one’s own here."

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Irony

Question 6

“Monday went by like a small summer cloud, like a dream in the first hours of dawn.”

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Simile

Question 7

"I wanted to run away, but my feet were nailed to the floor."

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Hyperbole

Question 8

“A prolonged whistle pierced the air.”

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Imagery

Question 9

"Next to him lay his violin, trampled, an eerily poignant little corpse."

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Metaphor

Question 10

"Like a sword, the order cut through the air."

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Simile

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