Poetry Examples

What device is used here:
Good as gold
Busy bee
Living the life

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

Define "rhyme."

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as."

• The repetition of a letter.

• The repetition of an ending sound.

"The wind sadly whispered through the trees." This is an example of ...

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

"Her smile was as bright as sunshine." This is an example of...

• Rhyme

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Repetition

The repetition of initial consonant sounds

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Repetition

• Theme

The repetition of vowel sounds

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Theme

• Personification

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• He is a very smart boy.

• I am so hungry, I could eat a horse.

• This is a good song.

• I do not like this show.

The lake was a golden mirror. This is an example of ...

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

The place where a line of poetry ends to give a poem a particular look is called ...

• Line break

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

A word or line that is repeated throughout a poem to create a certain effect is ...

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Rhythm

• Hyperbole