Literary Devices
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."
Metaphor
Then or Than: I have more candy _____ her.
than
Milo joined in the game with confidence and enthusiastically.
Milo joined in the game with confidence and enthusiasm.
Telling a quiet group, “Don’t speak all at once”
irony
The pair found a car to rent, but encountered difficultys with the stick-shift transmission."
Difficulties
The shadows slowly crept down the wall.
Personification
To, Too, or Two: I need more salsa ____.
too
She came to the lecture prepared to take notes and with some questions to ask.
She came to the lecture prepared to take notes and ask questions.
"Five score years ago, a great American in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation."
Allusion
Red foxes are carnivores native to Georgia that live in borrows.
burrows
You were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles.
Allusion
Their, There, or They're: I love Dairy Queen; _____ blizzards are the best.
their
I am going to the store, driving home, and then I want to go out to dinner.
I am going to the store, driving home, and then going out to dinner.
"It was the best of time, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness."
Antithesis
Sarah wanted to go to the state championship game, but she had a prior committment.
commitment
Her ex-boyfriend called her a billion times last night.
Hyperbole
Its or It's: That shoe has lost ___ match.
its
He won the lottery, quit his job, and then he immediately bought presents for all his friends.
He won the lottery, quit his job, and bought presents for all his friends.
"So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania."
Anaphora
A wombat is the size of a house cat and is covered with fur to the tip of its coarse, scaly tale.
Tail
I couldn't concentrate on my studying due to the fzzzzzzz of the heater, the rumbling of cars on the street, and the tintintintintin of rain on the roof.
onomatopoeia
Affect or Effect: The speech had a great ______ on me.
effect
Henry would store batteries under the sofa, behind the refrigerator, and sometimes he'd put them in the closet too.
Henry would store batteries under the sofa, behind the refrigerator, and in the closet.
"And that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth."
Epistrophe
I desperately wanted to visit the capital building in Washington, D.C.