ACTIVITY 1: Starter
Read the statements and determine what literary device is used. In the box is a clue:
metaphor allegory
hyperbole personification alliteration
assonance irony onomatopoeia
litotes simile
1. The moon smiled at the sleeping children.
2. A million dollars is no small amount.
3. His statements are not without truth.
4. Old Mr. Smith has been teaching here since the Stone Age.
5. Bake a big cake with lots of butter and bring it to the birthday bash.​