Literary Devices

"Across the street, a bright-eyed girl chases her dog. A grandma on a porch fingers her rosaries."

What poetic device is this an example of?

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Voice

• Tone

"Heavy clouds crowding, a society storming."

What poetic device is this an example of?

• tone

• alliteration

• pun

• hyperbole

"Like light, we can't be broken, even when we bend."

What poetic device is this an example of?

• metaphor

• simile

• paraphrase

• mood

"Juliet is the sun."

What poetic device is this an example of?

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• tone

"The bee buzzed past the queen."

What poetic device is this an example of?

• mood

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

"I thought I'd awaken to a world in mourning."

What poetic device is this an example of?

• personification

• mood

• metaphor

• simile

"The silence was deafening."

• simile

• voice

• paraphrase

• oxymoron

"I had to wait in the station for ten days– an eternity."

What poetic device is this an example of?

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

"Your teeth are like stars; they come out at night."

What poetic device is this an example of?

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• oxymoron

"The breeze kissed my cheek."

What poetic device is this an example of?

• pun

• persona

• personification

• paraphrase