Question

Part 2: Identify the Literary Device
1. The classroom was a zoo.
2. She was as fast as a cheetah.
3. I’ve told you a million times!
4. The wind whispered through the trees.
5. He kicked the bucket.
6. Big brown bears baked bread.
7. The light of the fire was bright and warm.
8. Hear the mellow wedding bells.
9. Roses are red, violets are blue.

Answer 1

1. Metaphor — the classroom is compared directly to a zoo.
2. Simile — uses "as" to compare her speed to a cheetah.
3. Hyperbole — obvious exaggeration ("a million times").
4. Personification — the wind is given a human action (whispering).
5. Idiom (also a euphemism) — "kicked the bucket" is an idiomatic, indirect way to say someone died.
6. Alliteration — repeated initial "b" sound in "Big brown bears baked bread."
7. Imagery — sensory description (visual and warm/tactile details of the firelight).
8. Assonance — repeated vowel sound (the "eh"/"e" sound in "Hear the mellow wedding bells").
9. Rhyme — end rhyme between "red" and "blue" (and a common rhyming couplet pattern).