literary devices examples

Question 1

metaphor example

Answer 1

benson is a cheetah on the field
my brother is a pig
the snow was a white blanket

Question 2

simile example

Answer 2

he ran fast like the wind

she smelled as beautiful as a rose

Question 3

alliteration example

Answer 3

julianna jumps joyfully

Question 4

idiom example

Answer 4

it’s raining cats and dogs

call it a day

Question 5

onomatopoeia example

Answer 5

the ball wizzed through the air

they zoomed out the door

Question 6

hyperbole

Answer 6

laughing my head off

dying of thirst

Question 7

personification example

Answer 7

the leaves danced in the breeze

the wind howled

Question 8

allusion example

Answer 8

david was a good samaritan today
ice cream is my achilles heel
there was an einstein new to our class today

Question 9

foreshadowing example

Answer 9

dark clouds in a movie can indicate something bad will happen
“i didn’t think it could get any worse but we had no idea”

Question 10

oxymoron example

Answer 10

the living dead
jumbo shrimp
pretty ugly

Question 11

paradox example

Answer 11

the beginning of the end
less is more
pinnochio says “my nose will grow”

Question 12

irony example

Answer 12

someone saying the floor is slippery then slips and falls

saying the weather is beautiful as there is a thunderstorm