Famous Quotes
“— Harry -- yer a wizard.
— I'm a what?”
“Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two things without using «like» or «as».
A metaphor
"Eugene Onegin"
Alexander Pushkin
When pigs fly
Impossible or highly unlikely to happen.
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"The Little Prince" Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“To be, or not to be, that is the question”
“Hamlet” by William Shakespeare
A descriptive term or phrase that expresses a characteristic of a person, place, or thing.
An epithet
"Romeo and Juliet"
William Shakespeare
Black sheep
A member of a group who is different from the rest, especially a family member who does not fit in.
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"War and Peace" Leo Tolstoy
«We're all mad here.»
«Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll
"What is the term for an exaggerated statement or claim that is not meant to be taken literally?"
A hyperbole
"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas"
Jules Verne
A piece of cake
Something easy to do.
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"Mary Poppins Comes Back" P. L. Travers
"All grown-ups were once children… but only few of them remember it."
"The Little Prince" Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Which literary device is used to hint at something ironic or opposite to the literal meaning?
An irony
"Robinson Crusoe"
Daniel Defoe
For a rainy day
For a time in the future when something will be needed.
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"Crime and Punishmen" Fyodor Dostoevsky
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
“Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy
What literary device is used when human characteristics are given to non-human things?
A personification
«Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka»
Nikolai Gogol
A hard/tough nut to crack
A problem that is very difficult to solve or a person who is very difficult to understand.
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"Around the World in Eighty Days" Jules Verne