ELA 8A Literary Devices

"Her baby belly was so big she could have loaded it in a wheelbarrow and pushed it in front of her."

• hyperbole
• symbol
• metaphor
• simile

"The air was hot and dripping as if the city were wrapped in a wool blanket pulled from a boiling pot."

• personificaiton
• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration

"My belly flipped with worry."

• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole
• symbol

"The bees buzzed on, clouding my brainpan."

• simile
• hyperbole & simile
• alliteration & symbol
• symbol

"The sound reminded me of pebbles, plunking into a deep pond."

• symbol
• simile
• alliteration
• hyperbole

"Look hard for your river Jordan, my child. You'll find it."

• simile
• personification
• allusion
• hyperbole