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First 8 Literary Devices

Literary devices are figures of speech that help to engage the reader by evoking emotion and imagery.

  • 1. You don't have to be Shakespeare to write poetry.
  • 2. I'm so tired, I could sleep for a hundred years.
  • 3. "and baby now we've got bad blood"
  • 4. His stare was stone cold.
  • 5. There are a million other things to do.
  • 6. If you want me to agree with that, you are barking up the wrong tree.
  • 7. The pig squealed as he ran.
  • a. Hyperbole
  • b. Idiom
  • c. Allusion
  • d. Alliteration
  • e. Onomatopaeia
  • f. Hyperbole
  • g. Metaphor
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First 8 Literary Devices (Answer Key)

Literary devices are figures of speech that help to engage the reader by evoking emotion and imagery.

  • c 1. You don't have to be Shakespeare to write poetry.
  • a 2. I'm so tired, I could sleep for a hundred years.
  • d 3. "and baby now we've got bad blood"
  • g 4. His stare was stone cold.
  • f 5. There are a million other things to do.
  • b 6. If you want me to agree with that, you are barking up the wrong tree.
  • e 7. The pig squealed as he ran.
  • a. Hyperbole
  • b. Idiom
  • c. Allusion
  • d. Alliteration
  • e. Onomatopaeia
  • f. Hyperbole
  • g. Metaphor

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