Literary Devices/Figurative Language Review

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My love is like a red, red rose.

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Simile

Front

Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net.

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Metaphor

Front

Snow speaks to the people; it’s falling in the sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air.

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Personification

Front

The baby was as snug as a bug in a rug.

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Simile

Front

In Charlotte’s Web, Charlotte tells Wilbur all living things die and spins a web to save him, expending her energy and dying.

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Foreshadowing & Irony

Front

In Lemony Snicket, the island's inhabitants in The End are characters from The Tempest by Shakespeare.

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Allusion

Front

Joe’s boots broke the forest’s silence. A full moon peeked out from behind clouds, illuminating snow drifts. Joe shivered as a cold gust blew through his jacket.

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Imagery

Front

"But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill." - William Sharp

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Metaphor

Front

A woman plans to break up with her boyfriend while he buys her a diamond ring for a proposal.

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Irony

Front

Emeralds are green like grass, rubies red like blood, sapphires blue like heaven, and flints lie in mud.

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Simile