Literary Devices in Hamilton - Practice #2

Front

Started workin’, clerkin’ for his late mother’s landlord.

Back

internal rhyme

Front

Burr, check what we got. Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot. Device NOT in the sentence:

Back

personification

Front

Odds the gods put us in one spot

Back

assonance

Front

Model of a modern major general, venerated Virginian veteran, men lining up.

Back

alliteration

Front

Admiration for firing on the British from afar vs. Writing to Congress for supplies and rallying the guys. Which element is NOT present?

Back

simile

Front

I’m a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal

Back

metaphor

Front

Devices in the lines: 'I’m takin this horse by the reins, makin’ Redcoats redder with bloodstains.' Which is NOT present?

Back

metaphor

Front

She would say I'm fine. She'd be lying.

Back

slant rhyme