Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, Personification, Similes

Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it represents.

• True
• False

Buzz, slurp, click, and boom are examples of _______________.

• Alliteration
• Personification
• Sight Imagery
• Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia is basically _________________ imagery.

• Sight
• Touch
• Sound
• Taste

What word  in the poem is an example of onomatopoeia?
Fossils (by Ogden Nash)
At midnight in the museum hall
The fossils gathered for a ball
There were no dreams or saxophones,
But just the clatter of their bones…

• gathered
• dreams
• midnight
• clatter

Alliteration is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of nearby words.

• True
• False

What a lucky little lady you are!
^{This is an example of:} 

• Personification
• Taste Imagery
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia

The players pursued the bouncing ball as fast as they could carry themselves.
This is an example of:

• Alliteration
• Taste Imagery
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification

Personification is when you assign the qualities of a person to something that isn't human.

• True
• False

Which is not an example of personification?

• Lightning danced across the sky.
• The car complained as the key was turned.
• She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
• Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

Which is an example of personification?

• Traffic slowed to a crawl.
• Bang! Crash! Boom!
• The stars sparkled like diamonds in the sky.  
• She sells sea shells by the sea shore.