Poetic devices #1

A simile is best described as:

• Likening 2 things/ideas using the words "like" or "as" to show similarity.

• Describing one thing, object or idea as something else directly.

• A smiling face emoji

• A comparison between two things.

A metaphor is best described as:

• Using two similar things to describe something else.

• The underlying secret meaning of a phrase.

• A comparison between two things, objects or ideas.

• The comparison of 2 unlike things/ideas directly using the word "is".

Personification is best described as:

• Assigning traits and characteristics to your characters.

• Giving human names to your cat or dog.

• Assigning human qualities to non-human things.

• Writing descriptions of people.

Onomatopoeia is best described as:

• Words that are spelt the same but have different meanings

• The use of words to describe or imitate sounds.

• Words that sound the same but are spelt differently.

• A mat that you sit on.

Which of these does not include a simile?

• As cold as ice.

• She was as cool as a cucumber in the face of the crisis.

• They fought like cats and dogs.

• Her hair was yarn, tangled and knotted by the gale-force winds

Which of these does not include a metaphor?

• Life is a highway.

• She was drowning in a sea of grief.

• Life is like a box of chocolates.

• His words cut deeper than a knife.

Which of these does not include personification?

• The cat looked at me expectantly.

• The trees danced in the wind.

• The sun smiled down on us.

• The car complained bitterly when i tried to start it this morning.

Which of these is not an example of onomatopoeia?

• Clang! Clang! Clang! Went the trolley.

• Ding! Ding! Ding! went the bell.

• Zing! Zing! Zing! Went my heartstrings.

• From the moment I saw him I fell.

Which sentence includes a simile?

• It was terrifying being lost and alone in the moonless forest.

• The night sky was as black as coal.

• Clouds gathered overhead and created an ominous atmosphere.

• I walked for two hours, not really knowing where I was heading.

Which sentence includes a metaphor?

I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space.

• Because I'm hungry like the wolf.

• She's like a rainbow.

• I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away...

• I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space.