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Match each of the following literary excerpts on the left with the dominant figure of speech or trope it demonstrates on the right.

  • "She killed the lights and killed the evening."Zeugma
  • "The restless night tossed and turned in feverish slumber."Transferred epithet
  • "He was no small enemy to the empire's grand design."Litotes
  • "The pen proved mightier than the gleaming sword of state."Metonymy

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The correct matches are: 'She killed the lights and killed the evening' pairs with Zeugma; 'The restless night tossed and turned in feverish slumber' pairs with Transferred epithet; 'He was no small enemy to the empire's grand design' pairs with Litotes; and 'The pen proved mightier than the gleaming sword of state' pairs with Metonymy.
Each literary excerpt exemplifies its paired trope: zeugma uses a verb in dual senses, transferred epithet moves a human feeling to time, litotes understates via negation of an opposite quality, and metonymy substitutes an associated object for a broader power or concept.

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1
Examine the sentence 'She killed the lights and killed the evening.'
Identify that the verb 'killed' applies to both a physical action and an abstract outcome in different senses.
Zeugma involves applying one word to two or more items in distinct literal and figurative contexts.
2
Analyze the modifier placement in 'The restless night tossed and turned in feverish slumber.'
Recognize that 'restless' describes the human sleeper rather than the night.
A transferred epithet shifts an adjective from the person or thing it logically belongs to onto another associated noun.
3
Evaluate the phrase 'no small enemy'.
Determine that the negation of 'small' serves to emphasize that the enemy was great.
Litotes uses understatement created by denying the contrary.
4
Examine the symbolic terms 'pen' and 'sword'.
Identify that the objects represent written ideas and military might respectively through close association.
Metonymy replaces a concept or institution with an attribute or closely related object.

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Identification and literary analysis of figurative language devices and tropes
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Figurative Language and Tropes

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