Identify Literary Device/Type
Identify Literary Device/Type
Identify Literary Device/Type
Identify Literary Device/Type
Identify Literary Device/Type
100
It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets
What is hyperbole
100
He lies so much! I am surprised that his nose has not grown like Pinocchio's.
What is allusion
100
Traffic slowed to a crawl.
What is a metaphor.
100
As big as an elephant.
What is a simile
100
Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name
What is personification
200
I had a ton of chores to do
What is hyperbole.
200
A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme, always ending with a couplet
What is a sonnet
200
Boil the butter and bring it by the bank.
What is alliteration
200
Laughter is the music of the soul.
What is a metaphor
200
A five lined poem with a definite rhyme scheme and rhythm. The first, second, and fifth lines rhyme, as do the third and fourth. The meters, or rhythm, are the same for the first, second and fifth lines while the third and fourth are shorter.
What is a limerick.
300
Your brother's room looks like a landfill
What is a simile
300
A poem that paints a picture with words using literary devices
What is a lyric
300
Quack, quack went the ducks as we threw them our stale bread.
What is an onomatopoeia
300
A poem about death
What is an elegy
300
A poem that tells a story
What is a narrative
400
Lightning danced across the sky.
What is personification
400
Oh, how I love to bake a scrumptious chocolate cake
What is internal rhyme
400
A poem developed by the letters of a word or name.
What is acrostic
400
Suzy sold salads on Sundays since the seventies.
What is alliteration
400
When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and refused to buy anything that wasn’t necessary.
What is allusion
500
A Japanese poem consisting of three rhymed lines of five, seven and five syllables that is about some aspect of nature
What is a haiku
500
A poem that does not follow a specific rhythm or rhyme scheme
What is free verse
500
The light of the fire fight is a sight
What is assonance
500
A long narrative poem that is sometimes put to music.
What is a ballad
500
I saw a little hermit crab His coloring was oh so drab What is this two-line section called?
What is couplet
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