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In which poetic device are human qualities and actions attributed to an inanimate object.
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Simile
'Come and clean the chaos in your closet,' is an example of
Personification
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Simile
'The sun is a sparkling diamond,' is an example of
metaphor
simile
personification
hyperbole
They fought like cats and dogs.
alliteration
metaphor
simile
personification
Use of over-exaggeration to create emphasis or humour is
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
simile
' In the dark morning, the man laughed sadly.' This is an example of
personification
metaphor
oxymoron
simile
Boom!
metaphor
oxymoron
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
“Plan ahead: it wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.” (Richard Cushing)
allusion
understatement
rhetorical question
hyperbole
"All's fair in love and war" is an example of which poetic device where two things are placed near each other to bring out their differences?
juxtaposition
enjambment
figurative language
hyperbole
If you are using figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas to appeal to your reader's senses, your poetry is full of...
couplets
imagery
a sonnet
idioms
The use of sensory details that appeal to one or more of the five senses.
imagery
onomatopoeia
meter
figurative language
He was young and full of life while she counted her days.
Juxtaposition
Metaphor
Contrast/Compare
Allusion
When your parents learn about your new plan to raise money, it's going to sink like the Titanic.
pun
allusion
idiom
metaphor
Juxtaposition is...
The figurative comparison between two unlike things
Placing two things side by side, usually to show contrast
A position on the football field
What readers do when they compare and contrast
Why would a writer use juxtaposition?
To surprise the reader
To create startling contrasts between two objects or ideas
To control the pacing of a text
To add a sense of musicality
Which Question Is Rhetorical ?
"Do you want to teach the class today?"
"Can I come over after school?"
"Would you like something to drink?"
"May I use the Restroom?"
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