Poetic Devices Vocabulary Review

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What is personification?

Back

Giving human traits to objects or ideas.

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What is alliteration?

Back

Repeating the same initial sound in several words

Front

Onomatopoeia

Back

A word that resembles the sound it makes

Front

What is a simile?

Back

Comparing two things by using 'like' or 'as'

Front

What is a metaphor?

Back

Comparing two things by stating one is the other

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Hyperbole

Back

An extreme exaggeration

Front

The 3rd line of the poem: "It waves to people who walk by and always says 'hi' to me." is an example of _____

Back

personification

Front

The first line of the poem: "Life is often a roller coaster;"

Back

metaphor

Front

The 4th line of the poem contains _______.
Options: personification, simile, metaphor

Back

simile

Front

When Fall comes knocking on my door,
And the maples turn once more.
A breeze sings sweetly through the glen,
And the cranes return like friends.
The first line contains ______.

Back

personification