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Literary Devices

metaphor · simile · paradox · oxymoron
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Exercises practising Literary Devices. Total: 26 points. Vocabulary from the C2 word bank is used throughout.
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Exercise 1
Which word is it?
10 points
Read the definition and write the word or phrase.
1
Saying something IS something else:
2
Comparing two things using like or as:
3
Giving human qualities to things or ideas:
4
Repeating the same first sound in nearby words:
5
Deliberate exaggeration:
6
A word that sounds like what it describes:
7
Hinting early on at what will happen later:
8
When the opposite of what is expected happens or is meant:
9
Two opposite words used together:
10
A scene set earlier than the main story:
Exercise 2
Complete the sentences
10 points
Only one word or phrase from this chapter fits each sentence. Change its form if you need to.
1
"As brave as a lion" is a .
2
"I've told you a million times" is .
3
A fire station burning down is a classic example of .
4
"Time is a thief" is a .
5
"Peter Piper picked a peck" is an example of .
6
The broken mirror in chapter one is — bad luck follows.
7
The film opens in the present, then a shows her childhood.
8
"The wind whispered through the trees" uses .
9
"Buzz" and "sizzle" are examples of .
10
"Deafening silence" is an .

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