Literary Devices

1.    You are as brave as a lion.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

2.    The sweet aroma of the freshly baked chocolate chip cookies wafted from the kitchen to the living room.

• Smell Imagery

• Touch Imagery

• Sight Imagery

• Sound Imagery

3.    The car needs a cold shower.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

4.    “He saw nothing and heard nothing but he could feel his heart pounding and then he heard the clack on stone and the leaping, dropping clicks of a small rock falling.”

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Sound Imagery

5.    The shepherd shook his head in negation.

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

6.    The tree spread its gigantic, sun-flecked shoulders.

• Smell Imagery

• Touch Imagery

• Sight Imagery

• Sound Imagery

7..    “Hey! I’m walking here! I’m walking here!” (Midnight Cowboy)

• Onomatopoeia

• Assonance

• Repetition

• Rhyme

8.     Hickory Dickory Dock; the mouse ran up the clock.

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

9.    red rose–symbolizes love and romance

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Symbolism

• Alliteration

10.    The tree’s leaves tasted bitter, like unroasted coffee beans.

• Taste Imagery

• Touch Imagery

• Sight Imagery

• Sound Imagery