Literary Terms 9th grade

You'll catch a cold that way.

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

• alliteration

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

The traffic was heavy.

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Idiom

There was a deafening silence in the crowd.

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration

Henry waddled like a duck as he walked onto the field.

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Imagery

Six silly sisters all saw the swan.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Imagery

"Meow", the cat announcement as he entered the room.

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Imagery

• Alliteration

His pointed nose, red eyes, and thin colorless lips scared the child.

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Oxymoron

• Personification

The dark night seemed to whisper its secrets to the forest people.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

• Oxymoron

Ann is a walking encyclopedia

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration