Identify Stylistic Devices

Define the corresponding stylistic device: The city is a jungle.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Metonymy

• Irony

• Synecdoche

Define the corresponding stylistic device: The White House issued a statement.

• Antonomasia

• Synecdoche

• Metonymy

• Metaphor

• Simile

Define the corresponding stylistic device: Her eyes sparkled like diamonds.

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Zeugma

• Simile

• Epithets

Define the corresponding stylistic device: The Crown will make a decision.

• Climax

• Zeugma

• Synecdoche

• Irony

• Metonymy

Define the corresponding stylistic device: The night was as dark as coal.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Metonymy

• Zeugma

• Antonomasia

Define the corresponding stylistic device: She was as gentle as a lamb.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Epithets

• Synecdoche

• Irony

Define the corresponding stylistic device: Wall Street is nervous about the market.

• Climax

• Metonymy

• Synecdoche

• Ellipsis

• Oxymoron

Define the corresponding stylistic device: He was as brave as a lion.

• Zeugma

• Metaphor

• Epithets

• Simile

• Synecdoche

Define the corresponding stylistic device: The classroom was a zoo.

• Irony

• Simile

• Metonymy

• Synecdoche

• Metaphor

Define the corresponding stylistic device: The calm lake was a mirror.

• Metonymy

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Epithets

• Climax