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."

Alliteration

Oxymoron

Simile

Irony

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

Imagery

Foreshadowing

Allusion

Allegory

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.

Juxtaposition

Parallelism

Euphemism

Anaphora

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The world is a stage.

Hyperbole

Synecdoche

Personification

Metaphor

15

Her smile was like sunshine.

Consonance

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Simile

15

The trees danced in the wind.

Personification

Hyperbole

Foreshadowing

Symbolism

15

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

Rhyme

Alliteration

Irony

Hyperbole

15

A fire station burns down.

Metaphor

Irony

Oxymoron

Allegory

15

The bees buzzed around the hive.

Assonance

Metonymy

Synecdoche

Onomatopoeia

15

Bittersweet

Tone

Imagery

Allegory

Oxymoron

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The use of a dove to represent peace.

Symbolism

Juxtaposition

Allusion

Assonance

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A character mentions a bad omen that later comes true.

Irony

Consonance

Foreshadowing

Mood

15

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

Allegory

Metaphor

Euphemism

Allusion

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

Anaphora

Imagery

Alliteration

Hyperbole

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The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

Assonance

Juxtaposition

Personification

Consonance

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The pitter-patter of raindrops.

Simile

Consonance

Synecdoche

Irony

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