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J lit terms examples
examples of lit terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The moon hung like a light bulb in the sky. | simile |
| Students are sailors on a journey. | metaphor |
| Mike's mean mother meant well. | alliteration |
| Moo, quack, smack, bleet. | onomatopoeia |
| I've told you a billion times to clean this room! | hyperbole |
| Your homework will rise up and bite you if you put it off. | personification |
| The bruise on her arm was purple at top, blue at center, and the size of a dime. | imagery |
| He felt a cold chill as he walked into the dark alley. | foreshadowing |
| The doctor's office closed down due to illness. | irony (situational) |
| When I was running late this morning I thought, "to be late, or not to be late; that is the question." | allusion |
| a flag represents freedom | symbolism |
| jumbo shrimp | oxymoron |
| -Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. -How much wood would a woodchuck chuck If a woodchuck would chuck wood? | alliteration |
| -drip, squirt, spray -clink, thud, slap | onomatopoeia |
| -I have a ton of homework. -I am so hungry I could eat a horse. | hyperbole |
| -He was fishing for answers. -She was filled with a roller coaster of emotions. | metaphor |
| -the teacher is a busy as a bee -he is snug as a bug in a run -life is like a box of chocolates | simile |
| -The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky. -The baseball screamed all the way into the outfield. -Her life passed her by. | personification |
| -A host, of golden daffodils -Beside the lake, beneath the trees -Continuous as the stars that shine | imagery |
| -He didn't know what was in store for him -she will soon find out the truth | foreshadowing |
| A man who is a traffic cop gets his license suspended for unpaid parking tickets. | irony (situational) |
| In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Romeo finds Juliet in a drugged state and he thinks she is dead. He kills himself. When Juliet wakes up she finds Romeo dead and kills herself. | irony (dramatic) |
| -It’s such a thrill to find out that I’ll be spending the summer with a cast on my leg. -The water in the building will be turned off for the next six hours. How wonderful! | irony (verbal) |
| -“Chocolate was her Achilles’ heel.” -“He was a Good Samaritan yesterday when he helped the lady start her car.” -“When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and refused to buy anything that wasn’t necessary.” | allusion |
| -White stands for life and purity. -A chain can symbolize the coming together of two things. -Roses stand for romance. | symbolism |
| -Act naturally -Virtual reality -Original copy "I am busy doing nothing." | oxymoron |
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