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Match the example to the word.

  1. The bread of the land...
  2. My tears have washed away the earth.
  3. What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?
  4. Thy dead men shall live.
  5. His eyes are empty windows without shades or canopies.
  6. Rise up in strength, America!
  7. Fall sitting careless on a granary floor...

Ametonymy
Bapostrophe
Chyperbole
Dpersonification
Eparadox

F. simile

G. metaphor

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  1. The bread of the

land... A. metonymy
2. My
tears have washed away the earth. C. hyperbole
3. What
happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? F.
simile
4. Thy
dead men shall live. E. paradox
5. His
eyes are empty windows without shades or canopies. G. metaphor
6. Rise
up in strength, America! B. apostrophe
7. Fall
sitting careless on a granary floor... D. personification

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A. Metonymy - the use of another word that is intrincately linked to a word. (1)

B. Apostrophe - a figure of speech used by a writer speaking to someone not present, or an inanimate object. (6)

C. Hyperbole-  words or phrases greatly exaggerated. (2)

D. Personification -  human characteristics used with inanimate objects, or animals. (7)

E. Paradox - ideas or concepts that are contraditory to one another.(4)

F. Simile - a literary term that uses 'like' or 'as' to compare two different things. (3)

G. Metaphor-  comparison by relating one thing to another unrelated thing. (5)

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