Poetic Devices

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Simile or Metaphor?

Imagery Name that Sound

Idiom or Hyperbole

Personification or

Onomatopoeia?

Simile or Metaphor?– 100

Her eyes sparkle like diamonds.

simile

Simile or Metaphor?– - 200

He was as mad as a hornet.

simile

Simile or Metaphor?– - 300

Her tears were rivers flowing down her cheeks.

metaphor

Simile or Metaphor?– - 400

It was as if he were cellophane; you could see

right through him.

simile

Simile or Metaphor?– - 500

She turned his heart to glass.

metaphor

Imagery - 100

Sweet, juicy apples

taste

Imagery - 200

sirens blaring

hear

Imagery - 300

orange-red glow of the sun illuminating the purple

mountain ridges

see

Imagery - 400

[rotting garbage, cheap perfume, and fresh laundry]

smell

Imagery - 500

shooting pain, chills, numbness, spine-tingling

fear

touch

Name that Sound – 100

Betty Bota bought some butter.

alliteration

Name that Sound- 200

Batter and hatter

rhyme

Name that Sound- 300

clobbered at baseball

consonance

Name that Sound- 400

slow boat

assonance

Name that Sound- 500

Busy bees present music

alliteration AND consonance

Idiom or Hyperbole-100

You’re pulling my leg

idiom

Idiom or Hyperbole - 200

He’s the hottest guy on earth.

hyperbole

Idiom or Hyperbole - 300

She showed up out of the blue.

idiom

Idiom or Hyperbole - 400

This game is a piece of cake.

idiom

Idiom or Hyperbole - 500

I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!

hyperbole

Personification or Onomatopoeia?- 100

The wind howled.

personification

Personification or Onomatopoeia? - 200

“Knock,Knock!” Someone’s at the door.

onomatopoeia

Personification or Onomatopoeia?- 300

The gun was fired with a click, bang.

onomatopoeia

Personification or Onomatopoeia?- 400

…the saw,/ As if to prove saws knew what supper meant,/ Leaped out at the boy’s hand, or seemed to leap

personification

Personification or Onomatopoeia? - 500

The sun that used to smite thee,/And mix his glory in

thy gorgeous urn

personification

Final Jeopardy

Read “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson and identify:– A. the metaphor the speaker uses for grave in

the poem.– B. the line from the poem that best supports

your answer– C. And the line from the poem meant to

symbolize the final stage of life. A. house B. Stanza 4, Line 2: (a swelling of the

ground) C. Stanza 3, Line 4: (setting sun)

Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality.We slowly drove – He knew no hasteAnd I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For His Civility – We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess – in the Ring – We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain – We passed the Setting Sun – Or rather – He passed us – The Dews drew quivering and chill – For only Gossamer, my Gown – My Tippet – only Tulle – We paused before a House that seemedA Swelling of the Ground – The Roof was scarcely visible – The Cornice – in the Ground – Since then – ‘tis Centuries – and yetFeels shorter than the DayI first surmised the Horses’ Heads Were toward Eternity –

A. the metaphor the speaker uses for grave in the poem

B. the line from the poem that best supports your answer

C. And the line from the poem meant to symbolize the final stage of life.