Poetic Devices: ID the Example

The alligator ate apples and avocados.

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• allusion

• hyperbole

Walkin' in a winter wonderland.

• allusion

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Slipping and sliding, I slid on the snow and slush.

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

The train rumbled down the track.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

The truck's breaks screeched in the distance.

• simile

• allusion

• alliteration

• onomotopeoia

The old floor creaked as we walked across the room.

• onomotopeopia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• allusion

Finish the sentence with alliteration:

The tired traveler _____________________.

Finish the sentence with onomatopoeia:

The rusty gate ____________________________

The clouds were fluffy like cotton wool.

• metaphor

• simile

• allusion

• hyperbole

He was a lion in battle.

• simile

• metaphor

• onomotopeoia

• personification