Literary Devices Identification

Bark, buzz, and squishy are examples of

• Sounds

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Metaphor

A device where inanimate objects are given human characteristics

• Allusion

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

"Sally sell sea shells by the sea shore" is an example of

• Metonymy

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

• Alliteration

Life is a roller coaster

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

The lightning danced across the sky during the storm.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Uses extreme exaggeration.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

I saw the lovely arch / Of Rainbow span the sky, / The gold sun burning / As the rain swept by.

• Sibilance

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

The attitude the poem’s narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character

• Tone

• Mood

What is is called when the author uses description and words to create a mental picture in a reader's mind?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Idiom

What is the "mood" of  a poem?

• Emotions audience feels from a given passage

• The author's attitude towards the subject