Literary devices Creative

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Literary Devices

Goals 

After this lesson you will recognise the following literary devices: 

1. simile
2. metaphor
3. personification
4. onomatopoeia
5. hyperbole 
6. alliteration 

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“He was sweating like a racehorse.”

1. simile
2. metaphor
3. onomatopoeia
4. hyperbole

When a word’s vocalization imitates a natural sound, as can be heard in the words murmur, buzz, and pop, what do we call that device?

1. simile
2. metaphor
3. onomatopoeia
4. hyperbole

"Purple puppies like playing on the playground." This is an example of

1. personification
2. alliteration
3. onomatopoeia
4. alliteration

Look at the following cartoon

The cartoon is an example of...

1. simile
2. personification
3. symbol
4. hyperbole

Foreshadowing is when we learn what will happen in the ______

1. past
2. present
3. never
4. future

this sentence is an example of:
"Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name".

1. hyperbole
2. onomatopoeia
3. personification
4. simile

"Life is a highway".

1. metaphor
2. simile