LITERARY DEVICES

LITERARY DEVICES

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English

9th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Figure of speech in "He was sweating like a race horse."

Back

Simile

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

"Purple puppies like playing on the playground." Example of sound device?

Back

alliteration

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

"The road was a ribbon of moonlight." Literary technique?

Back

Metaphor

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

From the poem 'The Seven Ages of Man', the world is compared to a:

Back

stage

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

"Sighing like furnace" is a poetic device?

Back

Simile

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

"Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything" - sound device?

Back

repetition

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

"The Seven Ages of Man" describes:

Back

human life from infancy to old age.

8.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Three things lost in 'Second childishness':

Back

teeth, eyes and teeth