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Identify the Literary Device

Can you identify the literary device used in the following example sentences?
To help, there is a list of the literary devices used. Definitions are not provided.
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His eyes were as blue as the clear skies.
Simile
In our garden grew the red rose of love.
Symbolism
The trees were hunched over and shivering against the violent gale.
Personification
Outside the windows, the birds chirped, tweeted and tittered.
Onomatopoeia
I wouldn't eat that tuna if I were you, it looks a bit fishy.
Pun
She was a cool breeze on a hot sunny day.
Metaphor
It was so cold that I froze solid as soon as I stepped outside.
Hyperbole
Getting the kids onto the school bus was like herding cats.
Analogy
Ben brought the ball in a big brown basket.
Alliteration
The men from the glen put the hen into her pen.
Rhyme
Today I burnt my breakfast, lost my wallet on the train, and spilled coffee all over my shirt. Clearly, I was having an excellent day.
Irony
A man, a plan, a canal, Panama.
Palindrome
We are alone together.
Oxymoron
Procrastination really is their Achilles's Heel.
Allusion
Tonight, we dance. Tonight, we drink, Tonight, we celebrate.
Anaphora
Literary devices
Alliteration
Allusion
Analogy
Anaphora
Hyperbole
Irony
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Palindrome
Personification
Pun
Rhyme
Simile
Symbolism
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Sep 20, 2022
helped me study for psat :)