Match each line of unseen verse provided below to the literary device that best describes its dominant figure of speech.
- "O silent Moon, break through the heavy clouds and hear my plea!"Apostrophe
- "After the tragedy, he spent a sleepless night tossing on his restless bed."Transferred Epithet
- "Reaching the summit of the mountain was no mean feat for the young climber."Litotes
- "The dry autumn leaves crunch and crackle beneath our heavy boots."Onomatopoeia
Answer
The excerpt addressing the moon corresponds to Apostrophe; the line describing the 'restless bed' corresponds to Transferred Epithet; the line using 'no mean feat' corresponds to Litotes; and the line containing 'crunch and crackle' corresponds to Onomatopoeia.
Each poetic line demonstrates a clear defining characteristic of its matched figure of speech: direct address to an inanimate object (apostrophe), shifting an adjective to an associated noun (transferred epithet), ironic understatement via negation (litotes), and sound-imitative diction (onomatopoeia).
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Key Concept
Identification and analysis of figurative language and sound devices in unseen poetry excerpts.