Poetic Devices Examples

"He is pencil thin!" is a -

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• simile

• pun

"Her voice sounded like nails on a chalkboard" is a

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

The wind sang a lovely song in my ear is a -

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

• simile

"My grandfather's hands are roadmaps of wrinkles" is a -

• pun

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

"My book bag weighs a ton" is a -

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

• personification

"My room is an oven in the summertime" is a -

• simile

• oxymoron

• personification

• metaphor

"It will take forever to finish all of this work" is a -

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• pun

Which of the following lines from a Maya Angelou poem contains a simile?

• You may write me down in history

• with your bitter twisted lies

• You may tread me in the very dirt

• but still, like dust, I'll rise.

"My brother is as tall as the Empire State Building" is an example of a:

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Repetition

Sound words like "moo," "boing," and "wham" are examples of:

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Symbolism

• Onomatopoeia