Poetic Types in the Crossover

The abandoned school house sadly remembered the laughter of children.

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

I'm so nervous that I think I'm going to have a heart attack.

• hyperbole

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

I've been thinking about this speech nonstop for over a month.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

My younger brother is as slow as a sloth in the morning.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

I finally found the photograph.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Lexi's feelings are as delicate as a butterfly's wings.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

The triplets tried to trick their teachers.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

Wes wanted to win in the worst way.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• personification

Brooke is a ray of sunshine in my life.

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Billy is a machine in the weight room.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia