Literary devices in literary texts

What literary device is used when the violin is described as having wood "curved like a sleeping swan's neck"?

In the sentence "the air up there hummed like a secret waiting to whisper," what does the word "hummed" suggest about the atmosphere?

Which event shows irony in the story?

What does the moon "hung like a silver locket" represent in the story?

How does the music "weave together like vines climbing a trellis"?

Match each literary device to the correct example from the passage.

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Match each device to how it deepens the story's emotion.

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Categorise the following examples from the passage into "Descriptions of Setting" or "Descriptions of Emotion."

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Categorise these sentences by the literary device they primarily use: "Simile," "Metaphor," or "Personification."

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How might the story change if the violin did not "breathe" through the music, and why would that affect the characters' revelations?