Literary Devices

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The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree.

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simile

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Identify the literary device in the line: "Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again . . .." (Paul Simon, The Sounds of Silence)

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apostrophe

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Identify the literary device in the sentence: “He saw the cost and hauled off”.

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assonance

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What literary device is used in the phrase: "Purple puppies like playing on the playground"?

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alliteration

Front

Wonderfully whistling woods

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alliteration

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What is the figure of speech in the sentence: "You look beautiful in your shabby attire."?

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irony

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Your beauty blinds me.

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hyperbole

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A press conference by the Pentagon

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metonymy

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Careless cutting cars

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alliteration

Front

Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.

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Aphorism