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plz help me for understanding all the literary devices

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Answered by Anushree1111
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Alliteration is a literary term that means two or more words in a row that all start with the same sounds. For example:
Three grey geese in a green field grazing, Grey were the geese and green was the grazing. - Three Grey Geese by Mother Goose

Hyperbole is a literary term that refers to an exaggeration. Examples are:
Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue. - Babe, the Blue Ox

Metaphor is a literary term for comparing two things directly. Examples are:
The rain came down in long knitting needles. - National Velvet by Enid Bagnold

Onomatopoeia is a literary term used when a word imitates the sound it is describing. Examples are:

Pitter, patter. Pit. Pit. Patter. Splitter, splatter, down comes the rain - Chicky Chicky Chook Chook by Cathy MacLennan

Personification is a literary term for giving human attributes to objects or animals. Examples are:

Hey diddle, Diddle,

The cat and the fiddle,

The cow jumped over the moon;

The little dog laughed

To see such sport,

And the dish ran away with the spoon. - Mother Goose





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