English HL Gr 9 Poetry

That boy put up a fight like a welter-weight cinnamon bear.

What technique is being used?

• Alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Arrest seemed but a rosy dream.

What technique is being used?

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

I went out and caught that boy and shook him until his freckles rattled.

What technique is being used?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Coyotes yelped.

What technique is being used?

• simile

• metaphor

• Alliteration

• onomatopoeia

The scorn of his comrades would be a worse thing to face than the muzzles of many rifles.

What techniques are being used?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Months went by, and still that little cloud of unforgotten cowardice hung above the camp.

What technique is being used?

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• hyperbole

• Alliteration

There was a town down there, as flat as a flannel-cake.

What technique is being used?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

Retribution was creeping up on the hoof-prints of his dapper nags.

What technique is being used?

• Personification

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Conjunction

He was born in the heart of feud land.

What techniques are being used?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Preposition

Two of the valorous volunteers waited, concealed by beer barrels.

What technique is being used?

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole