Non-fiction language device Examples

Question 1

This tree is the god of the forest.

Answer 1

metaphor

Question 2

This tree is like the god of the forest.

Answer 2

simile

Question 3

The tree spread its gigantic, sun-flecked shoulders.

Answer 3

imagery

Question 4

“Peace” represented by a white dove
“Love” represented by a red rose
“Conformity” represented by sheep
“Idea” represented by a light bulb switching on

Answer 4

SYMBOLISM

Question 5

The car tasted the bitter asphalt.

Answer 5

personification

Question 6

I’ve been waiting a billion years for this

Answer 6

hyperbole

Question 7

The triple bacon cheeseburger glistened with health and good choices.

Answer 7

irony

Question 8

I put the box of chocolates on the coffee table, next to the gas mask.

Answer 8

JUXTAPOSITION

Question 9

It’s a jazz affair, drum crashes and cornet razzes.

Answer 9

ONOMATOPOEIA

Question 10

someone who cools down their tea when they’re angry is blowing off steam

Answer 10

PUN

Question 11

sheep should shower in a shed

Answer 11

alliteration

Question 12

How you doin’?

Answer 12

colloquialism

Question 13

passed away

Answer 13

Euphemism

Question 14

luke:”i see my self in darth vaders helmet”

Answer 14

Foreshadowing

Question 15

dark and stormy night

Answer 15

mood

Question 16

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

Answer 16

Oxymoron

Question 17

I’d rather kill myself than be caught at a carnival

Answer 17

Tone

Question 18

An innocent bystander was murdered in cold blood in Downtown Chicago.

Answer 18

emotive language

Question 19

we, us

Answer 19

inclusive pronouns

Question 20

Russia is the largest country in the world

Answer 20

facts

Question 21

its all up to you

Answer 21

direct adress

Question 22

do you really think that this is fair?

Answer 22

rhetorical qustions

Question 23

it was raining dogs and cats

Answer 23

idiom

Answer 24

interrogative