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"Purple puppies like playing on the playground." This is an example of:
Alliteration
The irony is when an event or response occurs that is the ___________ of what is expected.
opposite
"Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again ..." (Paul Simon, The Sounds of Silence)
Personification
"Singing the song of procreation, Singing the need of superb children and therein superb grown people, Singing the muscular urge and the blending…” (Walt Whitman) These lines are an example of:
Anaphora
The funeral home was built next to a children's nursery. This is an example of:
Juxtaposition
The shaggy dog trotted briskly down the dirt covered road.
Imagery
Foreshadowing is when we learn what will happen in the ___________________.
future
There was a love-hate relationship between the two neighboring states. This is an example of
oxymoron
'Less is more' is an example of
Paradox
