This document contains a matching exercise to identify different literary devices including simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and onomatopoeia. Twenty statements are provided and the student is asked to match each one to the correct literary device category. The categories are listed on the left side of the page and blanks are provided next to each statement for the student to write the corresponding letter.
This document contains a matching exercise to identify different literary devices including simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and onomatopoeia. Twenty statements are provided and the student is asked to match each one to the correct literary device category. The categories are listed on the left side of the page and blanks are provided next to each statement for the student to write the corresponding letter.
This document contains a matching exercise to identify different literary devices including simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and onomatopoeia. Twenty statements are provided and the student is asked to match each one to the correct literary device category. The categories are listed on the left side of the page and blanks are provided next to each statement for the student to write the corresponding letter.
This document contains a matching exercise to identify different literary devices including simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and onomatopoeia. Twenty statements are provided and the student is asked to match each one to the correct literary device category. The categories are listed on the left side of the page and blanks are provided next to each statement for the student to write the corresponding letter.
A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Personification D. Hyperbole
E. Onomatopoeia
_______1. His heart was a block of ice.
_______2. The cup danced joyfully across the table. _______3.heavy as a rock _______4. She was humming a song. ________5.Everyone knows that! ________6. “Cathy is as cute as a kitten” ________7. “‘Ribbit!’ the frog said to the snake. ‘You must let me pass!’” ________8. He ran like the wind. ________9. She was a tower of strength in their trouble. ________10. I kissed the hand of death. ________11. The burglar ran as fast as lightning. ________12. Her brain is the size of a pea. ________13. “Wooooooosh”! The gulls suddenly snatch all the crops from the farmer. ________14. The deafening thunder scared me. ________15. I’m so thirsty! I can drink a barrel of water right now! ________16. I told you a million times already! ________17. He roars like a lion. ________18. The bamboo tress bow as the wind blows. ________19. Life is a dream. ________20. Speech is silver, silence is golden.
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A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Personification D. Hyperbole
E. Onomatopoeia
_______1. His heart was a block of ice.
_______2. The cup danced joyfully across the table. _______3. heavy as a rock _______4. She was humming a song. ________5. Everyone knows that! ________6. “Cathy is as cute as a kitten” ________7. “‘Ribbit!’ the frog said to the snake. ‘You must let me pass!’” ________8. He ran like the wind. ________9. She was a tower of strength in their trouble. ________10. I kissed the hand of death. ________11. The burglar ran as fast as lightning. ________12. Her brain is the size of a pea. ________13. “Wooooooosh”! The gulls suddenly snatch all the crops from the farmer. ________14. The deafening thunder scared me. ________15. I’m so thirsty! I can drink a barrel of water right now! ________16. I told you a million times already! ________17. He roars like a lion. ________18. The bamboo tress bow as the wind blows. ________19. Life is a dream. ________20. Speech is silver, silence is golden.