Literary devices

Exercise 1

*Match each literary device to its correct example:

1 Alliteration / " The Daily Show" is a satirical version of the news.13
2 Euphemism / My computer hates me.11
3 Extended metaphor / I am nobody.9
4 Hyperboles / I couldn’t catch his tongue. (language)7
5 irony / Time is a thief.6

6 Metaphors

/ Tick-tock.8
7 Metonymy / I am so tired I could sleep for a year. 4
8 Onomatopoeia / Singing a song or writing a poem is joyous.10
9 Paradox / Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. 1
10 parallelism / All the world's a stage and men and women merely players.3
11 personification / bathroom tissue, t.p., or bath tissue for toilet paper.2
12 Sarcasm / as fun as cancer. 5
13 satire / I am trying to imagine you with a personality.12

Exercise 2

*Choose the correct answer:

-This is not an office. It is Hell with fluorescent lighting.

. Sarcasm

. Personification

. Alliteration

-He has the heart of a lion.

. Metonymy

. Metaphors

. irony

- as clear as mud.

. Extended metaphor

. Euphemism

. Irony

-A rich man is no richer than a beggar.

. Paradox

. Onomatopoeia

. parallelism

-Time never waits for anyone.

. Satire

. Hyperboles

. Personification

-I am so hungry, I could eat a horse right now.

. Euphemism

. Hyperbole

. Irony

-Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune--without the words,
And never stops at all.

. Metonymy

. Onomatopoeia

. Extended metaphor

Resources:

http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/euphemism/common-examples.html

http://grammar.about.com/od/e/g/extmetterm.htm

http://changingminds.org/techniques/language/metaphor/extended_metaphor.htm

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/examples-of-hyperboles.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony

http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/spoon/metaphors.php

http://literaryzone.com/?p=148

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/examples-of-onomatopoeia.html

http://www.examplesof.com/paradox.html

http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/personification-examples-2848.html

http://www.traveltowork.net/2009/03/75-great-examples-of-sarcastic-remark/

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081012142845AASkpaz