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1: The leaves danced in the wind.
Paradox
Oxymoron
Personification
Simile
2: The cat was like a ninja.
Simile
Metaphor
Pun
Irony
Allusion
3: The fire sharply crackled under the brilliance of the stars.
Paradox
Chiasmus
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
4: The moon is a nightlight for the world in it's darkest hours.
Pathetic Fallacy
Apostrophe
Metaphor
Simile
5: It all looked disgustingly beautiful.
Synecdoche
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Chiasmus
6: It all looked disgustingly beautiful.
Synecdoche
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Chiasmus
7: His goldfish has sadly passed away.
Euphemism
Apostrophe
Irony
Metonymy
Pun
8: The purpose of war is to create peace.
Personification
Allusion
Paradox
Hyperbole
Irony
9: "You stupid chair!"
Synecdoche
Oxymoron
Apostrophe
Chiasmus
10: Silent screams.
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Paradox
Oxymoron
11: We live in this universe; and the universe is in us.
Chiasmus
Symbol
Simile
Metonymy
Oxymoron
12: May you lend me your ears for one second?
Metonomy
Irony
Pun
Synecdoche
13: I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Pun
Paradox
14: English is my mother tongue.
Oxymoron
Pun
Synecdoche
Metonymy
15: "You have a nice set of wheels."
Apostrophe
Synechdoche
Paradox
Metonomy
16: "I'm so hungry I could devour a tree."
Metonymy
Irony
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Pun
Paradox
17: The fire station burned down.
Paradox
Irony
Pun
Dramatic Irony
18: Romeo thought Juliet had died and killed himself, meanwhile Juliet was still alive.
Dramatic Irony
Pathos
Foreshadowing
Atmosphere
Irony
19: Rain equals sadness.
Symbol
Allusion
Mood
Pathos
Imagery
20: "He is such a Romeo with the ladies."
Foreshadowing
Symbol
Allegory
Allusion
21: "I'm surprised his nose did not grow like Pinocchio's."
Allusion
Pathos
Symbol
Foreshadowing
22: Romeo and Juliet are in love, but their families are enemies.
Dramatic Irony
Pathos
Foreshadowing
Allusion
23: The soothing winter breeze flowed in between your fingers and whistled by your ears.
Symbol
Imagery
Mood
Atmpshpere
24: If you buy this product, 10% of the money will go to a charity.
Mood
Hyperbole
Hamartia
Allegory
Pathos
25: There was a decaying, gothic castle.
Symbol
Atmosphere
Imagery
Mood
26: The feel or emotion of a story is:
Allusion
Pathos
Mood
Imagery
Atmosphere
27: The rain is crying on my windowpane.
Hamartia
Mood
Personification
Pathetic Fallacy
28: Loki and Thor have contrasting personalities. This is called:
Hamartia
Pathos
Allegory
Foil
Hubris
29: "His laziness made him fail his exams."
Hamartia
Foreshadowing
Hubris
Foil
30: When Darth Vader reveals that he is Luke's father.
Motif
Flashback
Allegory
Anagnorisis
Hamartia
31: Thor cause a war because he thought he was undefeatable. This is an example of:
Foil
Ananorisis
Hubris
Allegory
32: Loki's goal is to destroy the avengers. This is an example of:
Pathetic Fallacy
Hubris
Hamartia
Motif
33: Remembering something visually from the past is a:
Foreshadowing
Pathos
Allegory
Flashback
Motif
34: A story with a hidden, deeper meaning is a:
Pathetic Fallacy
Allegory
Hamartia
Anagnorisis
35: A story with a hidden, deeper meaning is a:
Hamartia
Allegory
Pathetic Fallacy
Anagnorisis