Literary Devices
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- Q1"The sun was like a large ball of butter" is an example of what literary technique?SimilePersonificationParadoxOxymoron30s
- Q2"The wall stared at me silently" is an example of what type of literary tool?MetonymyAllitearationPersonificationMetaphor30s
- Q3"If I do not eat my daily papaya, I will surely die" is an example of what type of literary device?MetaphorPersonificationParadoxHyperbole30s
- Q4"The road was a ribbon of moonlight," is an example of which of these literary techniques?OxymoronMetaphorParadoxPersonification30s
- Q5"Flaming ice" is an example of what literary technique?OxymoronMetonymySimileSynecdoche30s
- Q6"Bob is as brave as a lion" is an example of what literary device in action?PersonificationSimileMetonymyMetaphor30s
- Q7"I simultaneously composed and destroyed the opera while writing it" is an example of what kind of literary device?OxymoronMetonymyMataphorParadox30s
- Q8"The boy believed black birds bite" is an example of?ParadoxAssonanceHyperboleAlliteration30s
- Q9"Cra-aack! Whumph! The beam broke and fell on them" is an example of ?AssonanceOxymoronAlliterationOnomatopoeia30s
- Q10"Good day," said the Scarecrow, in a rather husky voice, is an example of?synecdocheAnthropomorphismHyperbolePersonification30s