Poetic Devices

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• My hair is a vast forest

• I sat by the river. I lived by the sea. I died by the lake.

• Pants are like legs

• Dogs dodge digging dandelions

Which of the following is an example of metaphor?

• The glasses smiled at me

• Cute cats chase toys

• Snow is like the sun

• My life is a dream

Which of the following is an example of simile?

• Hiss, slurp, hush, scream--MOM!

• Hopping hens shop for shoes

• My hand is as cold as snow

• The shirt said, "Wear Me!"

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• The TV laughed at the desk

• Calculating computers catch cats

• Pictures are captured people

• Crash, bang, boom goes the lion

Which of the following is an example of simile?

• The fluorescent light was the sun during our test.

• As the teacher entered the room she muttered under her breath, "This class is like a three-ring circus!"

• Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a room full of rocking chairs.

• The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog’s bath.

Which of the following is a definition of simile?

• compares two different things without using like or as

• describes something non- human with human qualities.

• an exaggerated statement meant to be funny.

• compares two different things using like or as

Which of the following is a definition of metaphor?

• compares two different things without using like or as.

• describe something non-human with human qualities.

• an exaggerated statement meant to be funny.

• compares two different things using like or as

which of the following is a definition of assonance?

• The repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence or phrase.

• The repetition of vowel sounds in a sentence or phrase.

• Highly exaggerated statements that create emphasis, but are not necessarily true.

• the use of two contradictory words together.

Which of the following is a definition of consonance?

• the repetition of vowel sounds in a phrase or sentence.

• the use of words that imitate sounds.

• the repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence or phrase.

• the use of two contradictory words together.

which of the following is the definition of personification?

• highly exaggerated statements that create emphasis, but are not necessarily true.

• a literary device that gives human attributes to an object or an animal.

• the use of two contradictory words together.

• the repetition of vowel sounds in a phrase or sentence.