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."

Irony

Alliteration

Oxymoron

Simile

15

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

Allusion

Imagery

Allegory

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.

Juxtaposition

Parallelism

Anaphora

Euphemism

15

The world is a stage.

Personification

Synecdoche

Hyperbole

Metaphor

15

Her smile was like sunshine.

Onomatopoeia

Simile

Consonance

Alliteration

15

The trees danced in the wind.

Personification

Symbolism

Hyperbole

Foreshadowing

15

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

Irony

Hyperbole

Rhyme

Alliteration

15

A fire station burns down.

Oxymoron

Metaphor

Allegory

Irony

15

The bees buzzed around the hive.

Metonymy

Onomatopoeia

Synecdoche

Assonance

15

Bittersweet

Imagery

Oxymoron

Tone

Allegory

15

The use of a dove to represent peace.

Allusion

Symbolism

Assonance

Juxtaposition

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.

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.

Personification

Juxtaposition

Consonance

Assonance

15

The pitter-patter of raindrops.

Synecdoche

Irony

Simile

Consonance

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