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Examples of literary devices multiple choice.

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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

Alliteration

Irony

Simile

Oxymoron

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

Imagery

Allegory

Foreshadowing

Allusion

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.

Euphemism

Anaphora

Juxtaposition

Parallelism

15

The world is a stage.

Personification

Metaphor

Synecdoche

Hyperbole

15

Her smile was like sunshine.

Alliteration

Simile

Consonance

Onomatopoeia

15

The trees danced in the wind.

Foreshadowing

Personification

Symbolism

Hyperbole

15

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

Alliteration

Rhyme

Hyperbole

Irony

15

A fire station burns down.

Oxymoron

Metaphor

Irony

Allegory

15

The bees buzzed around the hive.

Metonymy

Onomatopoeia

Assonance

Synecdoche

15

Bittersweet

Tone

Oxymoron

Imagery

Allegory

15

The use of a dove to represent peace.

Juxtaposition

Allusion

Symbolism

Assonance

15

A character mentions a bad omen that later comes true.

Foreshadowing

Consonance

Mood

Irony

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

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The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

Consonance

Juxtaposition

Assonance

Personification

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The pitter-patter of raindrops.

Irony

Consonance

Simile

Synecdoche

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