1. Literary Devices J-O

2. You won’t be sorry if you pass this test.
Litotes
Juxtaposition
Loose Sentence
Local Color
Metonymy

3. “Yes, ‘en I’s rich now, come to look at it
“Yes, ‘en I’s rich now, come to look at it. I owns mysef, and I’s wuth eight hun’d dollars” (Twain 52).
Litotes
Juxtaposition
Loose Sentence
Local Color
Metonymy

4. O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright
O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! / It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night; Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Litotes
Juxtaposition
Loose Sentence
Local Color
Metonymy

5. We are waiting for the White House to tell us their position.
Litotes
Juxtaposition
Loose Sentence
Local Color
Metonymy

6. The calf stood still, its chocolaty eyes gazing at the serene scene, flicking its tail now and then to ward off flies, stooping to lick from the salt block all its crystallized, mineral goodness.
Litotes
Juxtaposition
Loose Sentence
Local Color
Metonymy

7. This new job has really helped her spread her wings and blossom.
Lyric Poem
Mixed Metaphor
Implied Metaphor
Extended Metaphor
Dead Metaphor

8. “But soft. What light through yonder window breaks
“But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun! Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief.” (Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet)
Lyric Poem
Mixed Metaphor
Implied Metaphor
Extended Metaphor
Dead Metaphor

9. He wants the whole nine yards ready ASAP.
Lyric Poem
Mixed Metaphor
Implied Metaphor
Extended Metaphor
Dead Metaphor

10. Turn back the heart you’ve turned away Give back your kissing breath Leave not my love as you have left The broken hearts of yesterday But wait, be still, don’t lose this way… “Italian Sonnet” by James DeFord
Lyric Poem
Mixed Metaphor
Implied Metaphor
Extended Metaphor
Dead Metaphor

11. Tom’s wife asked him to fetch their dinner.
Lyric Poem
Mixed Metaphor
Implied Metaphor
Extended Metaphor
Dead Metaphor

12. The idea of ill-fitting clothing in Macbeth.
Mood
Motif
Motivation
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron

13. Stacy read to her baby brother: “The sheep says ‘Baaa-baaa
Stacy read to her baby brother: “The sheep says ‘Baaa-baaa!’ The cow says, ‘Moooooo! The duck says, ‘Quack! Quack!”
Mood
Motif
Motivation
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron

14. Discerning why a character acts as they do is…
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Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron

15. “There was no moon, and everything beneath lay in misty darkness: not a light gleamed from any house, far or near all had been extinguished long ago: and those at Wuthering Heights were never visible…” from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
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Motivation
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron

16. This is an original copy of my grandfather’s will.
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Onomatopoeia
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17. ANSWERS
A 6. B B
D 7. D D
B 8. E C
E 9. A A
C C E