Poetic Devices

Which of these sentences contains an example of alliteration?

• I love to rhyme all the time.

• Can you hear me?

• People please pay attention, Patrick is trying to present his project.

• Your voice is like an angel singing.

What poetic device is used in the follow sentence: "The wind whipped and howled outside, rattling the windows and trying to break into the little house"?

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

Which of these sentences contains a metaphor?

• I like pie and ice cream and peanut butter and doughnuts.

• After staying out in the sun all day, Joey turned as red as a lobster.

• The ball hit me so hard I thought my leg is going to fall off.

• The cold snow had turned my toes into ice cubes.

What poetic device is used in the follow sentence: "Her hair was a flowing golden river streaming down her shoulders."

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

Identify the literary device in the following sentence : "Tsshh!" The glass shattered in a million pieces.

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

What poetic device is used in the follow sentence: "Lindsey loves little lavender lilies."

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Which poetic device is used in the following sentence: "Glittering white, the blanket of snow covered everything in sight."

• Imagery

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Identify the poetic device in the following sentence : "The leaves danced in the yard."

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Identify the literary device in the following sentence : "Your smile is like sunshine warming my heart."

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

"My room is an organized mess, or controlled chaos, if you will. Same difference." Identify the literary device in the sentence.

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Personification