Poetic Devices

Identify which poetic device is used below:
He was as strong as an ox.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Refrain

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify which poetic device is used below:
The wonderful wind whistles...

• Metaphor
• Assonance
• Alliteration
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify which poetic device is used below:
The river moaned as it danced across the rocks.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify which poetic device is used below:
Mr. Glotfelty is a big, fat baboon.

• Alliteration
• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify which poetic device is used below:
"I must confess that in my quest
 I felt depressed and restless."

• Alliteration
• Assonance
• Refrain
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Identify which poetic device is used below:
John's shadow boxed around the room.

• Personification
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify which poetic device is used below:
"While I nodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping."

• Assonance
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify which poetic device is used below:
The angry clouds marched across the sky.

• Personification
• Refrain
• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify which poetic device is used below:
The car raced down the road like a rocket.

• Refrain
• Simile
• Assonance
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify which poetic device is used below:
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains.

• Alliteration
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4