Students fix three device errors — personification mislabeled as onomatopoeia, alliteration mislabeled as onomatopoeia, and the definition of personification given to onomatopoeia. Part B has four fill-in-the-blank questions about personification, an onomatopoeia word from a sentence, and alliteration. Part C has two short-answer questions identifying a device in context and writing an original alliteration sentence.
Sorting personification, alliteration, and onomatopoeia through correction exercises builds the definitional precision students need before analyzing devices in full passages.
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Literary Devices
Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1. Fix the sentence:
"The thunder roared angrily" is an example of onomatopoeia.
Rewrite: "The thunder roared angrily" is an example of personification.
2. Fix the sentence:
"Silly Sally sang seven songs" repeats vowel sounds, so it is onomatopoeia.
Rewrite: "Silly Sally sang seven songs" repeats consonant sounds, so it is alliteration.
3. Fix the sentence:
Onomatopoeia gives human qualities to animals or objects.
Rewrite: Personification gives human qualities to animals or objects.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. "The flowers danced in the breeze" is an example of personification because flowers cannot actually dance.
2. "The bees buzzed around the garden" contains the onomatopoeia word buzzed.
3. "Big brown bears bathed by the bay" is an example of alliteration because the words start with the same sound.
4. Words like crash, sizzle, and pop are examples of onomatopoeia.
Part C: Short Answer
Answer each question in one or two complete sentences.
1. Read: "The old house groaned and creaked in the storm." Which literary device is used? Explain why the author might have chosen it.
This is personification because it gives the house human actions like groaning. The author used it to make the house feel alive and spooky during the storm.
2. Write your own sentence using alliteration. Identify the repeated consonant sound.
Graceful giraffes galloped across the golden grasslands. The repeated "g" sound is the alliteration.
Literary Devices
★ Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1) Fix the sentence:
"The thunder roared angrily" is an example of onomatopoeia.
Rewrite: "The thunder roared angrily" is an example of personification.
2) Fix the sentence:
"Silly Sally sang seven songs" repeats vowel sounds, so it is onomatopoeia.
Rewrite: "Silly Sally sang seven songs" repeats consonant sounds, so it is alliteration.
3) Fix the sentence:
Onomatopoeia gives human qualities to animals or objects.
Rewrite: Personification gives human qualities to animals or objects.
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) "The flowers danced in the breeze" is an example of personification because flowers cannot actually dance.
2) "The bees buzzed around the garden" contains the onomatopoeia word buzzed.
3) "Big brown bears bathed by the bay" is an example of alliteration because the words start with the same sound.
4) Words like crash, sizzle, and pop are examples of onomatopoeia.
★ Part C: Short Answer
Answer each question in one or two complete sentences.
1) Read: "The old house groaned and creaked in the storm." Which literary device is used? Explain why the author might have chosen it.
This is personification because it gives the house human actions like groaning. The author used it to make the house feel alive and spooky during the storm.
2) Write your own sentence using alliteration. Identify the repeated consonant sound.
Graceful giraffes galloped across the golden grasslands. The repeated "g" sound is the alliteration.
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