Carefully read the following phrases and sentences taken from the text. Can you identify the literary device in each example? <br>
1. Saheb-e-Alam which means the lord of the universe is directly in contrast to what Saheb is in reality. <br>
2. Drowned in an air of desolation. <br>
3. Seemapuri, a place on the periphery of Delhi yet miles away from it, metaphorically. <br>
4. For the children it is wrapped in wonder; for the elders it is a means of survival. <br>
5. As her hands move mechanically like the tongs of a machine, I wonder if she knows the sanctity of the bangles she helps make. <br>
6. She still has bangles on her wrist, but not light in he
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Solution

1. Hyperbole
2. Metaphor
3. Contrast
4. Contrast
5. Simile
6. Contrast
7. Hyperbole
8. Metaphor
9. Metaphor
10. Hyperbole
11. Contrast

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