Unit 4 Poetic Devices review

When the stars threw down their spears, / And water'd heaven with their tears,

What figurative language technique is presented in these lines?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Imagery uses vivid description that appeals to readers' ​ (a)   to create an ​ (b)   or idea in their head.

• senses

• image

• example

• detail

• ideas

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

• The boy was upset at himself.

• The boy was a tornado of emotion.

• The boy said he would die of shame.

• The boy did not like what he had done.

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

• The sun is bright.

• The snowboarder flew like Superman.

• The snow was a white blanket covering the mountains.

• The snow is cold as ice.

Simile or Metaphor?
My brother was boiling mad. (a)  

• simile

• metaphor

The band played as loud as a sonic boom.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• eardrums

What two things are being compared in the following simile?
Sylvia's new lotion made her face as smooth as baby skin. 

• Sylvia's face and baby's skin

• Lotion and Sylvia's face.

• Sylvia and her face.

• Sylvia and smooth. 

Lightning danced across the sky.

What is being personified?

• sky

• lightning

It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets!

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Sally sold seashells by the seashore.

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• alliteration

• simile