
Literary Devices and examples
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- Q1What is this sentence an example of "Samantha soared down the street on her sleek skateboard".AssonanceApostropheAllusionAlliteration30s
- Q2My alarm clock yells at me every morning.similepersonificationalliterationconsonance30s
- Q3The town square was buzzing like a beehive.metaphorallusionpersonificationsimile30s
- Q4The jet zoomed across the sky.assonancealliterationonomatopoeiasimile30s
- Q5Life is a dreammetaphoronomatopoeiaalliterationsimile30s
- Q6Ted fed Bob bread then said,/ I sped on a moped while I read,/and now I'm dead!personificationsimilemetaphorRhyme30s
- Q7I'll swing by my ankles. She'll cling to your knees. As you hang by your nose, From a high-up trapeze. But just one thing, please, As we float through the breeze, Don't sneeze. - The Acrobats by Shel Silversteinsimilerhymeconsonanceline length30s
- Q8It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness - A Tales of Two Cities by Charles DickensJuxtapositionconsonanceallusionassonance30s
- Q9“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood … I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” The Road not Taken by Robert FrostallusionExtended metaphorrepetitiononomatopoeia30s
- Q10“But if you was LeBron James then I’d be Dwyane Wade We both graduated at the same time from the same grade He was at the head of the class, on TV with celebrity acts, But that champion ring was one thing you never could grasp, I was slightly rated lower had to fight to gain exposure and that might’ve made me slower but now I have taken over And I’m down in Miami’s Heat, living my boyhood dreams And for you to do what I’ve done, you’d have to join MY team!” by Iron Solomonrhymealliterationline lengthextended metaphor30s
- Q11Here is the rapper Sean Combs, known as Puffy, in "I'll Be Missing You," an elegy for his friend Biggie Smalls: "I saw your son today, he look just like you You was the greatest, you'll always be the greatest I miss you B.I.G Can't wait til that day, when I see your face again".ApostropheLine lengthsimilealliteration30s
- Q12Here the punk band Blink 182 sings to a girl, who seems to be more of a fantasy girl than a real person, and whom they call Princess Leia: "Princess Leia, where are you tonight? And who's laying there by your side? Every night I fall asleep with you And I wake up alone".metaphorassonanceapostrophesimile30s
- Q13She has the strength of Herculesrhymeconsonancerepetitionallusion30s
- Q14Mark has more ideas about science than Ben Franklinsimileapostropheallusionalliteration30s
- Q15Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepperssimileapostropheconsonanceAssonance30s