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Review of Lit Terms and Devices #literarydevices
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A statement that seems contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Metaphor
Personification
Paradox
Oxymoron
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"What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young." - George Bernard Shaw
Paradox
Oxymoron
Personification
Metaphor
3
The angry actor ate apples.
Simile
Oxymoron
Personifcation
Alliteration
4
The fire station burned down.
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
Personification
Situational Irony
5
The westerly wind whispered to the trees.
Metonymy
Irony
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
6
The busy bees buzzed around the hive.
Irony
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
7
Her brain is like a computer.
Irony
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
8
The millionaire had no money for the parking meter.
Situational Irony
Oxymoron
Metonymy
Onomatopoeia
9
The sea of time is endless and deep.
Metaphor
Metonymy
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
10
Susan was all heart.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Metonymy
11
The thief was robbed.
Situtional Irony
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
Personification
12
The angry waves smashed the boat.
Hyperbole
Personification
Metaphor
Irony
13
The lake was like a glass in the early morning.
Simile
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Dramatic Irony
