Literary Devices Quiz

The wind was blowing so hard, the sun was scared to come out.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Oxymoron

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The teacher is like an angry lion when she is mad.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The boys believed black birds bite.

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The sky is a rainbow of colors.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The men were jumping like a pack of frantic grizzly bears.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He hammered so hard, the earth began to shake.

• simile

• alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Cra-sack! Whumph! The beam broke and fell on them.

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The grass is an ocean of flowers.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

There are a zillion stars in the sky tonight.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The storm roared as it approached the city.

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A