Literary Devices

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Example of personification:

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The trees danced in the wind.

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The star was a flashlight guiding me home.

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Metaphor

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Literary device in: 'The crocodile’s teeth were daggers, ready to chomp down on a meal.'

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Metaphor

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Identify the irony: Tyler entered an empty gym and said, 'It’s too crowded.'

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Verbal Irony

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Identify the type of irony: The reader knew the stalker was in the closet while the girl took a nap.

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Dramatic Irony

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Type of irony: Son of police chief arrested for burglary.

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Situational Irony

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Type of irony in Toy Story: humans are unaware toys speak, but the audience knows.

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Dramatic Irony

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Mary is feeling under the weather today is a hyperbole.

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