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1. LITERARY DEVICESLITERARY DEVICES
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2. “The moan of doves in
immemorial elms;/And
murmuring of
innumerable bees.
--Alfred Lord Tennyson

3. ONOMATOPOEIA

4. “Droning a drowsy
syncopated tune,”
--Langston Hughes

5. ALLITERATION

6. “Tyger! Tyger!
Burning bright in the
forests of the night”
--William Blake

7. RHYME

8. The sun is a big ball of
fire. The moon, a
luminescent pearl, nestled
in a cushion of stars.

9. METAPHOR

10. “My love is like a red,
red rose”
--Robert Burns

11. SIMILE

12. “The oak trees
whispered softly in
the night breeze.
--John Steinbeck

13. PERSONIFICATION

14. I was so surprised, you
could have knocked me
over with a feather.

15. HYPERBOLE