Poetic Devices/ Figurative Language Review

A term referring to the use of a word that resembles the sound it denotes (or makes). Ex: bang, buzzing, sizzled

• Alliteration

• Diction

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words

• allusion

• Alliteration

• Slant rhyme

• diction

“Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East . . .”

• metaphor

• pun

• simile

• hyperbole

Identify the alliteration

• I think I like the pink kite

• Try to light the fire

• Dangerous dingoes dance daringly

• The clinching interlocking claws

“Hey! Guess who the new Einstein of our school is?!!”

• allusion

• alliteration

• apostrophe

• slant rhyme

My cousin is the black sheep of the family.

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• personification

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

• Her eyes shined like a candle in the darkness.

• That cat has sat on the large mat.

• Frolicking fawns flock frivolously.

• The crunch of the leaves under my feet sounded like fall to me.

Identify the simile

• The car, painted lime green, raced by screaming for attention

• His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly

• She is doing a tightrope walk with her grades this semester

• He is as cunning as a fox

Find the hyperbole

• The pistol glared at me from its holster.

• America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

• Ogres are like onions.

• My teachers assigned me a million years of homework today.

Which best represents the meaning of the following simile: "She danced like a baby deer whose legs were tied together."

• The girl is a graceful dancer

• The girl is a passionate dancer

• The girl is a new dancer

• The girl is a clumsy dancer