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almond37
2 months ago
7

Match the quotes with the literary devices they use.

English
2 answers:
ddd [7.4K]2 months ago
8 0

The quotes correspond to literary devices as shown below:

"O miserable abundance, O beggarly riches!" – John Donne

This is an oxymoron, pairing terms like miserable abundance and beggarly riches that contradict but effectively describe the meaning.

"What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young." – George Bernard Shaw

This illustrates a paradox, stating that youth is wasted by those who are young, provoking reflection on this contradiction.

"I can resist anything but temptation." – Oscar Wilde

This also is a paradox, expressing a contradictory action where the speaker can resist everything except temptation itself.

"How is it possible to have a civil war?" – George Carlin

This serves as an oxymoron because it joins conflicting terms 'civil' and 'war', prompting the question of how a war can be civil.

Naddik [7.5K]2 months ago
5 0
John Donne - Oxymoron
George Bernard Shaw - Paradox
Oscar Wilde - Paradox
George Carlin - Oxymoron
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