Examples Of Poetry Flashcards
1
Q
As brave as a lion
A
Simile
2
Q
Her cheeks are red like a rose
A
Simile
3
Q
My brother was boiling mad
A
Metaphor
4
Q
Her voice is music to his ears
A
Metaphor
5
Q
The fire swallowed the entire forest
A
Personification
6
Q
Look at my car. She is a beauty, isn’t it so?
A
Personification
7
Q
But a better butter makes a batter better
A
Alliteration
8
Q
A big bully beats a baby boy
A
Alliteration
9
Q
She is as heavy as an elephant
A
Hyperbole
10
Q
My grandmother is as old as the hills
A
Hyperbole
11
Q
It was dark and dim in the forest
A
Imagery
12
Q
The children were screaming and shouting in the fields
A
Imagery
13
Q
The buzzing bee flew away
A
Onomatopoeia
14
Q
The gushing stream flows in the forest
A
Onomatopoeia
15
Q
I must be cruel, only to be kind
A
Oxymoron
