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Difficulty: MediumLiterary Devices and Figurative Language

Match each literary excerpt from the prescribed text on the left with the corresponding literary device it demonstrates on the right.

  • "He must be cruel only to be kind in restoring order to his broken household."Paradox
  • "A hundred years should go to praise thine eyes, and on thy forehead gaze."Hyperbole
  • "Speech is silver, but silence is golden when wisdom takes the floor."Antithesis
  • "The sudden thunder crashed and boomed across the trembling valley."Onomatopoeia

Answer

Excerpt 1 matches Paradox; Excerpt 2 matches Hyperbole; Excerpt 3 matches Antithesis; Excerpt 4 matches Onomatopoeia.
Each excerpt demonstrates a distinct literary device: 'cruel only to be kind' forms a paradox through meaningful contradiction; 'a hundred years' uses hyperbole for poetic exaggeration; comparing 'speech is silver' with 'silence is golden' creates antithesis via balanced contrast; and 'crashed' and 'boomed' employ onomatopoeia to mimic natural sound.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze Excerpt 1 for contradictory elements.
Identified 'cruel' versus 'kind' coexisting meaningfully in one statement.
A seemingly self-contradictory statement that conveys truth is a paradox.
2
Analyze Excerpt 2 for figurative exaggeration.
Identified 'a hundred years' as an extreme time claim for effect.
Exaggeration not meant to be taken literally is hyperbole.
3
Analyze Excerpt 3 for structural opposition.
Identified balanced contrasting terms 'speech'/'silence' and 'silver'/'golden'.
Direct contrast of ideas using parallel syntax is antithesis.
4
Analyze Excerpt 4 for auditory effect.
Identified sound-echoing words 'crashed' and 'boomed'.
Words that mimic real-world sounds define onomatopoeia.

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