Identifying Literary Devices Practice #1

Analyze each of the following sentences. Identify which literary device is being used, and label it under the correct heading. Alliteration Peter picked peppers to make his meal. Hyperbole After eating Thanksgiving dinner, I had to buy pants ten sizes bigger! I tried a thousand times to unlock the door. Irony The dentist had a mouth filled with cavities because he never brushed. Metaphor The bride's veil became a cloud of lace behind her. The teacher planted the seeds of wisdom. Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks. Onomatopoeia The bathroom sink drip-drops. BAM! The screen door woke me from my sleep. Personification The washing machine ate yet another sock. The tornado reached down its greedy hands and snatched up the house. My pencil rebelled and stubbornly refused to draw a straight line. Rhyme I will not eat them with a mouse. I will not eat them in a house. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary… Simile The kids in the cafeteria chirped as loudly as birds in a maple tree. The engine of the red Corvette purred like a kitten.