Literary Devices

Front

‘I'm a crumpled piece of paper lying here, Cause I remember it all too well’ - All too Well, Taylor Swift

Back

Metaphor

Answer explanation

The speaker compares herself to a crumpled piece of paper

Front

'Time, curious time' - 'Gave me no compasses, gave me no sign' - Invisible String, Taylor Swift

Back

Personification

Answer explanation

Time is personified. What does it mean for the speaker?

Front

Zombies eat brains. You’re safe.

Back

Sarcasm

Answer explanation

When a speaker is being sarcastic, he/she veils the true intention of the sentence with an ironic remark

Front

'Water in the bight doesn’t wet anything' - The Bight, Elizabeth Bishop

Back

Paradox

Front

'Doom is dark and deeper than any sea-dingle' - The Wanderer, W.H. Auden

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Alliteration

Answer explanation

Alliteration: repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Assonance: repetition of similar vowel sounds

Onomatopoeia: when the words sound like what they mean

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Front

'O brawling love, O loving hate, O anything of nothing first created, O heavy lightness, serious vanity, Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms, Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health,' - Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare

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Oxymoron

Answer explanation

The difference between oxymoron and paradox is subtle.

Paradox: the opposition of ideas or themes ('I've never heard silence quite this loud')

Oxymoron: a contradiction merely between words ('old new')