Give 2 examples for each poetic device
metaphor
simile
personification
alliteration
Answers
This coffee shop is an ice box! (metaphor)
She's drowning in a sea of grief. (metaphor)
She's happy as a clam. (simile)
I move fast like a cheetah on the Serengeti. (simile)
The sea lashed out in anger at the ships, unwilling to tolerate another battle. (personification)
The sky misses the sun at night. (personification)
She sells seashells by the sea-shore. (alliteration)
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper. (alliteration)
Answer:
alliteration 1 A couple of cronies .
2 flock of forty ship .
simile 1 My words are like the stars that never change.
2 They are like the grass that covers vast prairies .
Metaphor 1 They resemble the scattering trees of a storm swept plain .
2 pity took the place of anger
Personification 1 A few words came
2 A soft feeling crept into the heart