poetic devices

She is as slippery as an eel.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

The striker was a goal machine.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

The gentle giant jumped in jubilation. 
This is an example of a/an: 

• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration

The use of sensory details that appeal to one or more of the five senses.

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• meter

• figurative language

The words a poet uses to describe one thing by comparing it to something else with which we are more familiar.

• figurative language

• imagery

• alliteration

• refrain

The use of words that sound like their meaning is called _____

When something is exaggerated hugely is called ______