Literary Devices (Personification, Simile, Metaphor, Pun, Oxymoron, Alliteration, Hyperbole, Assonance) EdPuzzle

What does a metaphor need?

• All 5 senses

• 2 different things and "am," "is," "are," or "was"

• The same consonant sound at the beginning of many words

• 2 different things and "like" or "as"

Choose the sentence that's a simile. Remember that similes compare 2 things with "like" or "as."

• The plants begged for water.

• Time is money.

• BOOM, tick, click, splash

• Michael runs as fast as lightning.

Choose the sentence with onomatopoeia.

• She swims like a fish.

• The lion roared loudly.

• He is a walking dictionary.

• We're busy doing nothing.

Choose the sentence with personification.

• The boy went to the well for soda.

• Santa delivered the Christmas presents.

• Grandma and I made cookies.

• My watch can tell me the time. 

Choose the sentence with alliteration.

• The boom of the fireworks scared the baby.

• The boy buzzed around, as busy as a bee.

• She's as old as the hills.

• I like to be on time.

Choose the sentence with hyperbole. 

• I am bored to death. 

• It rained a lot last night. 

• Mrs. Delany has been sick for 2 days.

• When will Mrs. Delany be back?

True or false: Assonance is the repetition of the same vowel sound in a sentence. 

• True: Assonance IS the repetition of the same vowel sound in a sentence. 

• False: Assonance IS NOT the repetition of the same vowel sound in a sentence. 

Which 2 vowels are repeated in this sentence: The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

• E and I

• O and E

• I and O

• A and E

Choose the sentence with an oxymoron:

• Kara cooked chicken and rice for dinner.

• He is a big baby.

• The leaves danced through the grass.

• The Articles of Confederation were the laws before the Constitution.