Literary Devices

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Find the simile:
The new couch was as big as a bus and could hardly fit inside their small living room.

Find the simile:
The clock struck midnight and the sky was as black as ink.

Find the simile:
needed my sunglasses inside since the lights were as bright as day

Find the simile:
The class was as quiet as a mouse because they didn’t want to get in trouble

Metaphor

locate the two things being compared in each metaphor

The ship was a tiger roaring through the water.

Her memory is cloudy since she can never remember anything.

Time was a thief to me this year.

The teacher was an encyclopedia of information

The history test was a train wreck.

What is Personification?

Personification: Giving human qualities to things and ideas.

Personification Examples:

The tree leaves danced in the wind. 

The chair stood up straight and tall.

The car jumped to the finish line.

Locate the personification:
The old and tattered house looked depressed.

The good news travelled fast through the town

The snow wrapped the trees in white, fluffy blankets

The year raced by and before we knew it, summer was here.

Alliteration uses repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of each word. Choose a letter and write a sentence using alliteration

Onomatopoeia: Words whose sound suggests its meaning.
Write down 3 onomatopea's

Simile

Personification

Metaphor

Onomatope

Alliteration

She was treated like a queen on her birthday.

The bugs went SPLAT on the windshield 

The car died on the side of the road when it ran out of gas.

Linda liked laughing and licking lollipops

The students in this class are all brains.

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

The leaves whistled in the rain. 

Stella sold sixty-six silly salamanders Sunday

The sun was a glowing ball of fire in the sky

The lemons she used in the dessert tasted like sour grapes. 

The cereal went SNAP, CRACKLE, POP when he poured in the milk at breakfast.