Literary Device Examples | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Examples of literary devices multiple choice.

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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

Oxymoron

Alliteration

Simile

Irony

15

She was a modern-day Cinderella, hoping her fairy godmother would come to her rescue.

Allusion

Allegory

Imagery

Foreshadowing

15

We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills.

Anaphora

Parallelism

Euphemism

Juxtaposition

15

The world is a stage.

Synecdoche

Hyperbole

Personification

Metaphor

15

Her smile was like sunshine.

Alliteration

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Consonance

15

The trees danced in the wind.

Hyperbole

Foreshadowing

Symbolism

Personification

15

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

Alliteration

Irony

Rhyme

Hyperbole

15

A fire station burns down.

Allegory

Oxymoron

Metaphor

Irony

15

The bees buzzed around the hive.

Metonymy

Assonance

Onomatopoeia

Synecdoche

15

Bittersweet

Oxymoron

Imagery

Allegory

Tone

15

The use of a dove to represent peace.

Assonance

Allusion

Juxtaposition

Symbolism

15

A character mentions a bad omen that later comes true.

Mood

Irony

Foreshadowing

Consonance

15

Animal Farm by George Orwell is actually about the Russian Revolution and its aftermath.

Euphemism

Metaphor

Allegory

Allusion

15

The golden sun was setting behind the mountains, painting the sky with streaks of orange and pink.

Imagery

Alliteration

Anaphora

Hyperbole

15

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

Consonance

Assonance

Juxtaposition

Personification

15

The pitter-patter of raindrops.

Simile

Synecdoche

Irony

Consonance

15