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Examples of literary devices multiple choice.

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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

Simile

Alliteration

Irony

Oxymoron

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

Imagery

Allegory

Foreshadowing

Allusion

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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

Parallelism

Anaphora

Juxtaposition

15

The world is a stage.

Metaphor

Synecdoche

Hyperbole

Personification

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Her smile was like sunshine.

Simile

Alliteration

Consonance

Onomatopoeia

15

The trees danced in the wind.

Foreshadowing

Personification

Hyperbole

Symbolism

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I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

Rhyme

Alliteration

Irony

Hyperbole

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A fire station burns down.

Allegory

Metaphor

Oxymoron

Irony

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The bees buzzed around the hive.

Assonance

Onomatopoeia

Metonymy

Synecdoche

15

Bittersweet

Oxymoron

Imagery

Tone

Allegory

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The use of a dove to represent peace.

Juxtaposition

Allusion

Symbolism

Assonance

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A character mentions a bad omen that later comes true.

Consonance

Irony

Foreshadowing

Mood

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

Allegory

Euphemism

Metaphor

Allusion

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

Anaphora

Alliteration

Hyperbole

Imagery

15

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

Juxtaposition

Assonance

Personification

Consonance

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The pitter-patter of raindrops.

Irony

Consonance

Simile

Synecdoche

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