Figures of Speech in Poetry

"These walls have ears"
This sentence is an example of :

• metaphor
• personification
• simile
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The baby's skin was like a rose petal"
This sentence is an example of:

• metaphor
• personification
• contrast
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"the leaves danced in the wind"
This sentence is an example of:

• alliteration
• metaphor
• personification
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"I am so hungry that I can eat a horse"
This sentence is an example of:

• simile
• hyperbole
• personification
  
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"rain races ,ripping and restless in it's rage"
This sentence is an example of:

• simile
• metaphor
• contrast
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"the daffodils nodded their yellow heads at the walkers"
This sentence is an example of:

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"it is really dull day when we don't go to the mall"
This sentence is an example of :

• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

" hear the mellow wedding bells"
This sentence is an example of :

• metaphor
• simile
• assonance
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"He fell down like an old tree falling down in a storm."
This sentence is an example of :

• metaphor
• personification
• simile
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

" the lumpy bumpy road"
This sentence is an example of:

• alliteration
• personification
  
• assonance
• consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4