Statistics for Identify the Literary Device

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Example	Answer	Literary Devices	% Correct
His eyes were as blue as the clear skies.	Simile	Simile	99%
The trees were hunched over and shivering against the violent gale.	Personification	Personification	83%
Ben brought the ball in a big brown basket.	Alliteration	Alliteration	74%
It was so cold that I froze solid as soon as I stepped outside.	Hyperbole	Hyperbole	72%
Today I burnt my breakfast, lost my wallet on the train, and spilled coffee all over my shirt. Clearly, I was having an excellent day.	Irony	Irony	68%
She was a cool breeze on a hot sunny day.	Metaphor	Metaphor	65%
Outside the windows, the birds chirped, tweeted and tittered.	Onomatopoeia	Onomatopoeia	64%
The men from the glen put the hen into her pen.	Rhyme	Rhyme	64%
I wouldn't eat that tuna if I were you, it looks a bit fishy.	Pun	Pun	62%
We are alone together.	Oxymoron	Oxymoron	61%
In our garden grew the red rose of love.	Symbolism	Symbolism	57%
A man, a plan, a canal, Panama.	Palindrome	Palindrome	49%
Getting the kids onto the school bus was like herding cats.	Analogy	Analogy	48%
Procrastination really is their Achilles's Heel.	Allusion	Allusion	42%
Tonight, we dance. Tonight, we drink, Tonight, we celebrate.	Anaphora	Anaphora	39%