| Example | Answer | Literary Devices | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| His eyes were as blue as the clear skies. | Simile | Simile | 96%
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| The trees were hunched over and shivering against the violent gale. | Personification | Personification | 83%
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| It was so cold that I froze solid as soon as I stepped outside. | Hyperbole | Hyperbole | 69%
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| Ben brought the ball in a big brown basket. | Alliteration | Alliteration | 68%
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| She was a cool breeze on a hot sunny day. | Metaphor | Metaphor | 68%
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| Outside the windows, the birds chirped, tweeted and tittered. | Onomatopoeia | Onomatopoeia | 66%
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| I wouldn't eat that tuna if I were you, it looks a bit fishy. | Pun | Pun | 65%
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| In our garden grew the red rose of love. | Symbolism | Symbolism | 64%
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| 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 | Irony | 63%
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| The men from the glen put the hen into her pen. | Rhyme | Rhyme | 60%
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| We are alone together. | Oxymoron | Oxymoron | 56%
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| Getting the kids onto the school bus was like herding cats. | Analogy | Analogy | 49%
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| A man, a plan, a canal, Panama. | Palindrome | Palindrome | 49%
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| Procrastination really is their Achilles's Heel. | Allusion | Allusion | 43%
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| Tonight, we dance. Tonight, we drink, Tonight, we celebrate. | Anaphora | Anaphora | 43%
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