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

Simile

Irony

Alliteration

15

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

Allusion

Foreshadowing

Imagery

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.

Euphemism

Juxtaposition

Parallelism

Anaphora

15

The world is a stage.

Personification

Synecdoche

Hyperbole

Metaphor

15

Her smile was like sunshine.

Consonance

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Simile

15

The trees danced in the wind.

Symbolism

Foreshadowing

Personification

Hyperbole

15

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

Hyperbole

Irony

Rhyme

Alliteration

15

A fire station burns down.

Oxymoron

Irony

Metaphor

Allegory

15

The bees buzzed around the hive.

Assonance

Metonymy

Synecdoche

Onomatopoeia

15

Bittersweet

Tone

Allegory

Oxymoron

Imagery

15

The use of a dove to represent peace.

Allusion

Juxtaposition

Assonance

Symbolism

15

A character mentions a bad omen that later comes true.

Foreshadowing

Mood

Irony

Consonance

15

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

Metaphor

Euphemism

Allusion

Allegory

15

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

Anaphora

Alliteration

Imagery

Hyperbole

15

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

Personification

Assonance

Juxtaposition

Consonance

15

The pitter-patter of raindrops.

Synecdoche

Simile

Irony

Consonance

15