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How to Complete the Literary Device Scavenger Hunt

1. Choose a literary device from the list: Alliteration, Allusion, Hyperbole, Idiom, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Simile, Denotation and Connotation

2. Find an example of your chosen device from a book, song, TV show, movie, or other media

3. Create a post with:

The literary device name as your subject

The example and your explanation in the body

Include the source where you found it

4. Review other posts to see different examples and learn from your classmates

Each student should create one post with a clear example and thoughtful explanation.

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"I'm a mirrorball" - Taylor Swift.

The legend herself, Taylor Swift, is always using her literary devices. Mirrorball is one of my favorite songs by her. When she sings, I'm a mirrorball, she is saying that she is a reflection of light, yet could be broken into a million pieces. Deep, right? 🪩

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Lumiere and Cogsworth from Beauty and the Beast.

The candlestick Lumiere and the clock Cogsworth are both given personalities are portrayed as actual characters in the movie.

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"You're the coffee that I need in the morning" - Daniel Caesar

Daniel Caesar uses this metaphor by comparing a person to coffee which is something comforting and something that brightens and energizes his life!

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"your just like a flower"- Daniel caesar

One of the best voices out there uses a simile in one of his most popular songs Superpowers. When he says "your just like a flower" I get the feeling he is complimenting the way you look.

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"She's the flower that you place on my casket" - Blink-182

You may not think of Blink-182 as the most metaphorical band out there, but they have used some, like this one I put from "Easy Target". It paints a picture of someone bringing grace and beauty to a rather somber situation.

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Diamonds by Rihanna

In Riri's song she uses a Simile when she says "shine bright LIKE a diamond" or also "WE'RE beautiful like diamonds in the sky" Shes comparing the shine of a person's personality to a stars brightness. She says words Like and we're to compare.

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"The Wind Cries Mary" - Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix uses personification by saying the wind cries, which implies the wind is feeling human emotions like grief or sorrow, and is associated with a person called Mary.

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"In a pigs ear you did, Dill." (To Kill a Mocking Bird,, Lee) Page 40.

Dill didn't actually help an engineer in a pigs ear. Jem was simply calling his bluff.

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in the movie the lion king, the circle of life is a metaphor for the interconnectedness of living things and the repeating nature of life and death.

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The Lion King " The circle of Life "

The circle of Life from The Lion King means everything is connected and its all about how life works . its not all about animals , its how everything is linked together and how life continues through the changes and renewals of life .

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"From fourth the fatal loins of these two foes"- Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet,

Shakespeare is also known for the complexity of his poems and the use of complex figurative language, which makes his work beautiful.

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"the power of the king will isolate you - c.c code geass

c.c is stating if I am to gave you this great power beyond any man can image you will have to do with the consequences of have power no else have your going to push the people you care about so they are safe from the outcome of what you do with that power

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"Firework" - Katy Parry.

In this song Katy Parry is saying that when you feel low or like you don't have any purpose, you just have to stop and think and you'll find a path to shine and be successful like a firework.

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"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get" - Forrest gump (1994)

it compares life to a box of chocolates. life's unpredictably is being compared to the random assortment of a chocolate box

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"To the Moon and Back'' by Savage Garden

"I would play to the moon and back'' (to be with a loved one)

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"Vampire" by Olivia Rodrigo. That song is about a draining relationship and comparing it to a vampire. This guy is consuming her energy and her happiness. The line says "bleeding me dry like a vampire", which is just a simile for a draining relationship.

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"I'd catch a grenade for ya" - Bruno Mars from his song Grenade

this is an exaggeration of what extremes that he would go through for someone's love

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"Every moment's a day"- Englebert Humperdinck

In Englebert's song Quando Quando Quando he is saying that every moment feels like a day without his girl.

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"And from the ground beneath my feet, I hear anguish of the street" -The Ballad of Jane Doe.

Jane Doe talks about the pavement of the street as though it can feel human emotions. In reality it's her misery that she projects onto it.

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Dr. Seuss's use of metaphors and similes is a hallmark of his storytelling and poems he made such as; "You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go." also the Grinch being "as cuddly as a cactus" (simile) and the Cat in the Hat potentially representing a "revolutionary spirit" (metaphor)

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"I would expect such behavior from a store a couple years old, but a store your age?" - Movie Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Mr Magorium runs a magical toy store, and it is acting out after hearing the news he plans on leaving (dying) soon. It starts making a mess of the toys and going grey, and Mr. Magorium tries to comfort it by telling it how dying is an unavoidable aspect of life.

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Forrest Gump

"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get."

The quote is comparing life to a box of chocolates to explain how unpredictable life can be.

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"The sun was a toddler insistently refusing to go to bed; It was past eight-thirty and still light." - John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

This metaphor means that the sun is still out at 8:30 Pm just like babies that fight with their sleep to stay awake

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"Happiness is a butterfly" - Lana Del Rey

In the song Lana compares happiness to a butterfly. Showing it is fragile and hard to catch.

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1. “Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go like a winding road” – Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) by Green Day

Green Day is comparing time with a winding road becasue its unexpected and there can be challenges and detours!

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"my shield was the size of an NBA backboard with a big caduceus in the middle it weighed a million pounds" - Percy Jackson

Percy said this cuz his shield was heavy and I liked it cuz it was funny and its over all a good quote from the book

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aquel nap zzz- rauw Alejandro a Puerto Rican singer

in his song he says "crystal girl" or "but time goes by like waves" which he expresses deep love and admiration for a special person