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Literary Devices Review
Literary Devices Review
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Understanding different figurative language and literary devices seen in poetry
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1
The ship screamed as it hit the iceberg and ruptured.
idiom
irony
hyperbole
personification
2
I
pushed
my way through the door, I am in a
rush
, oh how I
wish
I would have
consonance
alliteration
assonance
idiom
3
Whoosh, swoosh--too, whit, too-woo, Bats dwell here
onomatopoeia
allusion
consonance
alliteration
4
I m
a
de my w
a
y to the l
ake
consonance
simile
assonance
idiom
5
I forgot my money for pizza and found 5 dollars on the ground on my way to school! Yes!
verbal irony
situational irony
coincidence
dramatic irony
6
It's no big deal, it is just my college career.
hyperbole
understatement
idiom
metaphor
7
The cloud fell dying towards the shore. What type of figurative language device is present?
consonance
alliteration
personification
idiom
8
Her hair was the color of sunshine
alliteration
simile
metaphor
idiom
9
Sam now, stop shaking the cow, for heaven's sake, that's the dumbest way, to make a milk shake
imagery
rhyme
idiom
onomatopoeia
10
The police station gets robbed.
dramatic irony
coincidence
verbal irony
situational irony
11
In a movie, the character walks into a house and the audience knows the killer is in the house.
coincidence
verbal irony
situational irony
dramatic irony
12
Big as a giant, rich as a sultan, small as a peanut, poor as a mite.
metaphor
simile
understatement
personification
13
The trees rustled and the wind whistled as the storm moved through the sleepy town.
imagery
understatement
simile
idiom
14
The sweet smell of freshly baked cookies wafted throughout the house.
hyperbole
idiom
imagery
alliteration
15
It will only take me a sec, I will be right there.
hyperbole
understatement
metaphor
idiom
16
He watched till his eyes were frozen wide....And his bottom grew into his chair.
metaphor
simile
alliteration
hyperbole
17
If two witches were watching on their two watches
onomatopoeia
alliteration
metaphor
simile
18
Well, isn't that the pot calling the kettle black?
alliteration
irony
idiom
assonance
19
Why shouldn't I compare thee to Cleopatra? Thy beauty, the charm, thy wit.
idiom
imagery
metaphor
allusion
20
That test was a piece of cake! It only took me 3 hours to complete.
verbal irony
coincidence
situational irony
dramatic irony
