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Literary Devices
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21
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05/15/2010

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Term
Alliteration
Definition
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Term
Allegory
Definition
The blindfolded figure with scales is an allegory of justice.
Term
Allusion
Definition
She is as pretty as the Mona Lisa
Term
Analogy
Definition
Shoe is to foot as tire is to wheel.
Term
Metaphor
Definition
The cat's eyes were jewels, gleaming in the darkness.
Term
Onomatopoeia
Definition
The burning wood crackled and hissed.
Term
Oxymoron
Definition
Bittersweet, jumbo shrimp, act naturally
Term
Personification
Definition
The daffodils nodded their yellow heads.
Term
Simile
Definition
She floated like a cloud.
Term
Hyperbole
Definition
I'll give you the moon and the stars
Term
Verbal irony
Definition
You're so graceful (to someone who just tripped)
Term
Situational irony
Definition
The lifeguard drowned in his bathtub.
Term
Assonance
Definition
Moody blues
Term
Anastrophe or inversion
Definition
Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown
Term
Apostrophe
Definition
Caesar, if only you were alive
Term
Ellipsis
Definition
I got Sam and Sam me.
Term
Metanomy
Definition
A press conference by the Pentagon
Term
Parallel construction
Definition
She cried, she wept, but he was unmoved.
Term
Pun
Definition
There are three types of people: the ones who can count and the ones who can't
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Synecdoche
Definition
He has many mouths to feed.
Term
Pathetic fallacy
Definition
Angry clouds or a cruel wind
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