Literary Devices

Front

He was as slow as a sloth

Back

Simile

Front

Rachel ran round and round

Back

Alliteration

Front

The boy buzzed around as busy as a bee

Back

Alliteration

Front

Literary device: compares using 'like' or 'as'

Back

Simile

Front

Literary device: repeated sound

Back

Alliteration

Front

"The wall stared at me silently"

Back

Personification

Front

Hyperbole

Back

Big exaggeration to make a point

Front

Example of a metaphor

Back

Her hair is a flowing golden river.

Front

Example of personification

Back

Her hair dances along the breeze of the wind.

Front

Compares two things without using like or as

Back

Metaphor