Poetic Devices

An extreme exaggeration is called...

• Alliteration

• A simile

• A hyperbole

When the beginning sounds of words repeat, what literary device is being used?

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Simile

Words that imitate sounds use what type of literary device?

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

When 2 unlike things are compared using the words "like" or "as" what literary device is being used?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

When 2 unlike things are compared without using the words "like" or "as" what literary device is being used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

"My dog is as fast as lightning!"

Which literary device is being used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

"Peter piper picked a pack of pickled peppers"

Which literary device is being used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

"I am the stone that the builder refused"

Which literary device is being used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

"BOOOM!!!"

Which literary device is being used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

"When my team works together, we are a well oiled machine"

Which literary device is being used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration