1. Select the correct answer for each example. What Poetry Tool Am I?

2. 1.) Its marvelous mechanical machinery. A. personification B. simile C. trite D. alliteration

3. 2.) Im so hungry I could eat a horse. A. hyperbole B. simile C. trite D. alliteration

4. 3.) What if Dove soap were called Pigeon soap? A. personification B. simile C. connotation D. alliteration

5. 4.) It says Libbys, Libbys, Libbys on the label, label, label. A. personification B. simile C. repetition D. alliteration

6. 5.) He is as cold as the toilet seat. A. personification B. simile C. trite D. alliteration

7. 6.) This relationship is like a football game, and hes keeping score. A. personification B. simile C. metaphor D. alliteration

8. 7.) In trying to stop, the car made a loud screech. A. personification B. simile C. trite D. onomatopoeia

9. 8.) War rearranged my brain and settled in it to live forever. A. personification B. simile C. trite D. alliteration

10. 9.) You are grounded until youre thirty. A. trite B. simile C. trite D. alliteration

11. 10.) I couldnt live without you. A. personification B. understatement C. trite D. alliteration

12. Answers

13. 1.) Its marvelous mechanical machinery. D. alliteration

14. 2.) Im so hungry I could eat a horse. A. hyperbole

15. 3.) What if Dove soap were called Pigeon soap? C. connotation

16. 4.) It says Libbys, Libbys, Libbys on the label, label, label. C. repetition

17. 5.) He is as cold as the toilet seat. B. simile

18. 6.) This relationship is like a football game, and hes keeping score. C. metaphor

19. 7.) In trying to stop, the car made a loud screech. D. onomatopoeia

20. 8.) War rearranged my brain and settled in it to live forever. A. personification

21. 9.) You are grounded until youre thirty. A. trite

22. 10.) I couldnt live without you. B. understatement

23. How did you do???