Question

Drag each label to the correct category.
Match the quotes with the literary devices they use.
"O miserable abundance, O
beggarly riches!"
– John Donne
"What a pity that youth must
be wasted on the young."
– George Bernard Shaw
"I can resist anything but
temptation."
– Oscar Wilde
"How is it possible to have a
civil war?"
– George Carlin

Answer 1

Sure! Here are the quotes matched with their respective literary devices:

1. **Oxymoron**:
- "O miserable abundance, O beggarly riches!" – John Donne

2. **Paradox**:
- "What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young." – George Bernard Shaw
- "I can resist anything but temptation." – Oscar Wilde
- "How is it possible to have a civil war?" – George Carlin

So your final categories would look like this:

**Oxymoron**
- "O miserable abundance, O beggarly riches!" – John Donne

**Paradox**
- "What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young." – George Bernard Shaw
- "I can resist anything but temptation." – Oscar Wilde
- "How is it possible to have a civil war?" – George Carlin