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Identify Literary Devices Used
Identify Literary Devices Used
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“I am a deeply superficial person.” (Andy Warhol)
Simile
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Personification
2
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” (Animal Farm by George Orwell)
Simile
Personification
Metonymy
Paradox
3
"On a starry winter night where the ocean kissed the southern shore"
Synecdoche
Imagery
Symbolism
Hyperbole
4
"He is such a Romeo with the ladies!" and "She's just a good Samaritan."
Illusion
Simile
Allusion
Imagery
5
He led the team to victory — a Moses of football, parting the seas of opposition to win.
Symbolism
Connotation
Allusion
Personification
6
The suits from upstairs are in a big meeting.
Metonymy
Personification
Synecdoche
Simile
7
"I swear, if I have to go to that class again I will
literally
die!"
Tone
Hyperbole
Allusion
Simile
8
“Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.” (“The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein)
Oxymoron
Personification
Metonymy
Simile
9
"Her smile was like the summer rain, refreshing and unexpected"
Hyperbole
Simile
Allusion
Metaphor
10
After he shaved, his face was as smooth as a baby's bottom.
Simile
Mood
Theme
Metaphor
11
Tom asked for her hand in marriage.
Synecdoche
Imagery
Symbolism
Metaphor
12
Time creeps up on you.
Tone
Personification
Metonymy
Simile
13
"I will never understand why my teacher makes me write essays. She's obnoxious."
Tone
Mood
Allusion
Metonymy
14
"I am so hungry I could eat a horse!" and "Like, 1000 guys asked her out" are examples of ?
Theme
Imagery
Allusion
Hyperbole
15
Many people claimed and/or believed that the Titanic was an “unsinkable” ship.
Metonymy
Irony
Symbolism
Allusion
16
Some say the world will end in fire,/ Some say in ice.
Diction
Allusion
Theme
Symbolism
17
"Writing is important. It gives humanity hope and community." Is a WHAT of the poem?
Diction
Theme
Hyperbole
Imagery
18
"Our feet are stuck in a swamp of violence"
Allusion
Tone
Metaphor
Simile
19
"There was no moon, and everything lay in misty darkness. No light gleamed from anywhere."
Symbolism
Metaphor
Tone
Mood
20
The sunlight glistened off the surface of the lake, and there wasn't a cloud in the sky.
Mood
Imagery
Symbolism
Tone
