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Choose at least 5 literary devices/techniques already discussed and

give at least 2 examples of each.

Oxymoron
- “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” 
- “Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate! O anything, of
nothing first create!”
Paradox
- Save money by spending it.
- This is the beginning of the end.
Personification
- “The sun smiled down on us.”
- “The light danced on the surface of the water.”
Point of View
- I went to the beach for a vacation with my family. (First Person
POV)
- The boys went to a movie and then to a basketball game; they
enjoyed themselves. (Third Person POV)
Polysyndeton
- I love to spend my time with my mother and father and brother
and sister.
- Nor wind, nor rain, nor snow could stop her from jogging her daily
routine.

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