Language Features and Poetic Devices

A comparison of two things using 'like' or 'as' is the definition of which language feature?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

"The sand was as hot as the sun" is an example of what language feature?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

BANG is an example of what language feature?

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

"Catherine's voice is music to my ears" is an example of what language feature?

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

"It's raining cats and dogs" is an example of what language feature?

• Personification

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

"The coffee, bitter and cold, was not enjoyable" is an example of what language feature?

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Simile

"Suddenly they tripped... SPLAT! Right on their face" is an example of what language feature?

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

"A light. I saw it - a light. Faint in the distance, but definitely a light" is an example of what language feature?

• Symbolism

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Imagery

"Sally started searching the strange scenery for a sign" is an example of what language feature?

• Hyperbole

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

"The Wind howled through the trees" is an example of what language feature?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia