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As Macbeth speaks of wanting to kill King Duncan, King Duncan waits outside Macbeth's palace singing the praises of Macbeth. This is an example of...
Metaphor
Irony
Personification
Simile
Choose the statement below that best represents an example of imagery.
The dog ran down the road.
The dog ran down the dirt road.
The dog ran down the road, and walked down the sidewalk.
The shaggy dog trotted briskly down the dirt covered road.
The lazy river looks less than lovely this late in the day. This sentence is a good example of how an author can use __________________ in writing to communicate a point. (hint: it is a type of sound technique)
rhyme
simile
alliteration
metaphor
Read the following line and determine which term(s) is used as symbolism: Malcolm says, "It would be smart to offer someone poor and innocent like me as a sacrificial lamb to satisfy an angry god like Macbeth."
sacrificial lamb
smart
innocent
offer
I am as angry as a bull at the rodeo. This sentence is an example of _________________.
personification
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
What is the best example of foreshadowing below:
Three witches telling Macbeth he will one day be King
Macduff's wife dying
Banquo going to sleep and having a dream
Banquo going to sleep and having a dream
This cartoon illustrates:
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
irony
The irony is when an event or response occurs that is the _________ of what is expected.
similar
related to
opposite
quite similar
Which is an example of Metaphor?
This tree is the god of the forest.
This tree is like the god of the forest.
The tree spread its gigantic, sun-flecked shoulders.
The tree felt smooth as sandstone.
The car coughed, hacked, and spluttered. This is an example of what literary device?
metaphor
allegory
pun
personification
A metaphor is literally a comparison and hyperbole is just an over-exaggeration. In this same style, ________ is just a fancy word for a literary reference.
alliteration
allusion
allegory
pun
“There were times when it seemed to the animals that they worked longer hours and fed no better than they had done in [Farmer] Jones’s day.” This is an example of:
personification
hyperbole
irony
allegory
Words “murmur,” “gargle,” and “rumble,” “click,” and “vroom” are examples of what literary device?
Onomatopoeia
Allegory
Allusion
Metaphor
A ___ is a literary device that plays with the sounds and meanings of words to produce new, often humorous ideas.
Pun
Onomatopoeia
Imagery
Foreshadowing
Let’s say you used too much butter in your recipe, and it ruined the dish. You might joke that you were “outside the margarine of error,” which is a play on the words “margin of error.” This is an example of what literary device?
Personification
Simile
Alliteration
Pun
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