Question

help me find the literary device(s) used in each of the following sentences.
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1. The waning moon was a dim lantern in the sky. ______________________________
2. The metal shutters rattled and clanged in the wind. ____________________________
3. Her personality bloomed like a butterfly. _______________________________
4. I crept cautiously forward and craned my neck over the castle wall. _________________
5. The waves crashed against the shore and crawled back into the ocean only to roar and
crash again. _______________________________
6. In the stream the long-leaved flowers leaned. __________________________

Answer 1

Literary device is a tool to bring out ideas or thoughts in a decorative or distinct terms.

Explanation:

• 1. The waning moon was a dim lantern in the sky. -Metaphor (two items are considered to be the same)
• 2. The metal shutters rattled and clanged in the wind. -Onomatopoeia (words of sound).
• 3. Her personality bloomed like a butterfly. -Simile (two ideas are compared using 'like/as'.)
• 4. I crept cautiously forward and craned my neck over the castle wall. -Metaphor.
• 5. The waves crashed against the shore and crawled back into the ocean only to roar and  crash again. -Personification (inanimate objects are given human forms).
• 6. In the stream the long-leaved flowers leaned. -Personification.