LITERARY DEVICES

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"Purple puppies like playing on the playground." Example of:

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Alliteration

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"Hello darkness, my old friend..." (Paul Simon, The Sounds of Silence). Identify the literary device.

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Personification

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"The sun was like a large ball of butter" is an example of

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Simile

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"The wall stared at me silently" is an example of a literary tool.

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Personification

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"Flaming ice" is an example of what literary technique?

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Oxymoron

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"Bob is as brave as a lion" is an example of a literary device.

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Simile

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A figure of speech with contradictory words is called _____________

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Oxymoron

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Symbolism in text ___________ something else

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represents

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The use of words that imitate sounds is called ________

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Onomatopoeia

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Literary device in Marvell's line: 'I would love you ten years before the flood...'

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Hyperbole