Literary Devices

Front

The lazy boy’s pencil yelled at him to begin working! What literary term is used?

Back

personification

Front

Difference between metaphor and simile:

Back

A simile compares using 'like' or 'as'; a metaphor compares without them.

Front

The trees touched the sky. What literary device is this?

Back

hyperbole

Front

For her, a million people at the bottom of the stairs screamed her name.

Back

There was a large number of people.

Front

My love is like a red balloon against the bluest sky, soaring with doves and fluttering like a butterfly. It melts your heart, reaches through walls, and wraps you in a velvet sheet.

Back

wraps you up in a velvet sheet

Front

Personification definition?

Back

Giving nonhuman things human traits.

Front

Donald runs as fast as a tiger. What is being compared?

Back

Donald to the tiger.