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1. Giving human characteristics to animals, vegetables, minerals and other things
2. Using a part to represent the whole enchalata
3. Exaggerating big league
4. Representing one thing by something that is associated with it
5. Referring to one thing to represent another thing based on similarity
6. Referring to one thing to basically an unlike thing usually using comparison words such as "like" "as" "so"
7. Linking two contradictory words; usually found in government and the military
8. Making somebody groan by word play that the originator usually thinks is funnier than the listener
9. Understating for effect or to negate its opposite
10. Revealing a truth in a witty, concise way
a. Metanyony, b. Litote, c. Synecdoche, d. Pun, e. Oxymoron, f. Hyperbole, g., Simile
h., Metaphor i. Personification j. Aphorism
Depending on your score, here is how you rank in your knowledge of literary devices.
10 You are TS Elliot.
7 to 9 You are Sylvia Plath.
5 to 7 You are ee cummings.
under 5 Pick your own poet name. You win because who cares about these old Greek expressions.
Answers: 1 i, 2 c, 3 f, 4 a, 5 g, 6 h, 7 e, 8 d 9 b 10 j
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