Figurative Language Diagnostic

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"Every night the stars...melted away as the sun mounted." Literary device?

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Metaphor

Front

"[She] stood by the window as the stars began to poke holes in the deep, blue velvet sky." is an example of...

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Personification

Front

"Clouds and mist poured into the valley, rinsing the sky of color."

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Metaphor

Front

"...With the tree leaves waving farewell, the family made their way up the mountain."

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Personification

Front

"[Looking for footprints] was like searching for a wrinkle in a flower petal." What device is this?

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Simile

Front

"He spent a pretty penny for his new clothes." is an example of what device?

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Idiom

Front

"The car screeched and crashed into a local business" is an example of...

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Onomatopoeia

Front

The device in "As Megan walked towards a lamppost in the snowy park, she fancied herself as Lucy, eager to talk to Mr. Tumnus." is an example of...

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Allusion

Front

"...And the stars above filled the sky like spilled salt on dried seaweed." Example of figurative language?

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Simile

Front

In the film Threads, survivors walk past posters of smiling babies, contrasting their brutal post-nuclear reality. This is an example of:

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Juxtaposition