Literary Devices

Front

Dark woods hide secrets

Back

Personification

Front

My life runs fast like a cheetah

Back

Simile

Front

Misty mountains sing and beckon

Back

Personification

Front

She sells shells by the seashore

Back

Alliteration

Front

Buried under a mountain of paperwork

Back

Hyperbole

Front

Buzzing bee flew away

Back

Onomatopoeia

Front

John's suggestion was a Band-Aid for the problem

Back

Metaphor

Front

Nothing annoys me more than rapidly clicking your pen.

Back

Onomatopoeia

Front

Cold wave on a shore; silence, she sings no more.

Back

Simile

Front

Can you keep the cat from clawing the couch?

Back

Alliteration