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  • The trees danced in the wind.
    Symbolism
    Hyperbole
    Personification
    Foreshadowing
  • He passed away instead of "He died."
    Oxymoron
    Euphemism
    Rhyme
    Alliteration
  • Animal Farm by George Orwell is actually about the Russian Revolution and its aftermath.
    Allusion
    Metaphor
    Euphemism
    Allegory
  • The use of a dove to represent peace.
    Allusion
    Assonance
    Juxtaposition
    Symbolism
  • Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are.
    Imagery
    Mood
    Rhyme
    Onomatopoeia
  • The bees buzzed around the hive.
    Onomatopoeia
    Metonymy
    Assonance
    Synecdoche
  • Her smile was like sunshine.
    Alliteration
    Simile
    Onomatopoeia
    Consonance
  • Bittersweet
    Allegory
    Imagery
    Oxymoron
    Tone
  • She was a modern-day Cinderella, hoping her fairy godmother would come to her rescue.
    Imagery
    Foreshadowing
    Allegory
    Allusion
  • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
    Irony
    Alliteration
    Oxymoron
    Simile
  • The golden sun was setting behind the mountains, painting the sky with streaks of orange and pink.
    Alliteration
    Imagery
    Hyperbole
    Anaphora
  • The pitter-patter of raindrops.
    Synecdoche
    Consonance
    Simile
    Irony
  • The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.
    Juxtaposition
    Assonance
    Consonance
    Personification
  • Like father, like son.
    Symbolism
    Parallelism
    Simile
    Allegory
  • The world is a stage.
    Personification
    Metaphor
    Hyperbole
    Synecdoche
  • A character mentions a bad omen that later comes true.
    Foreshadowing
    Irony
    Mood
    Consonance
  • 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.
    Parallelism
    Juxtaposition
    Euphemism
    Anaphora
  • I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
    Irony
    Hyperbole
    Rhyme
    Alliteration
  • The iambic pentameter in Shakespeare's sonnets.
    Rhythm
    Metonymy
    Tone
    Irony
  • A fire station burns down.
    Irony
    Metaphor
    Oxymoron
    Allegory
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