REVIEW - Literary Devices

"The moon is a sneak," is an example of:

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

The phrase, "he is older than dirt," is an example of:

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

Which is an example of personification?

• The floor must be walked upon.

• There is something on the shelf above the door.

• The flower hugged the earth.

• Louie scurried to a chair by the table.

Which of the following is a good example of imagery?

• The dog in the crate was sleeping.

• The sparkling sun shone brightly through the glossy green leaves.

• He hung a wooden shelf above the front door.

• The floor must be walked on.

Hyperbole is used to:

• exaggerate

• give human characteristics to nonhuman objects or beings.

• make a comparison

• make a comparison between two things using either like or as.

A metaphor:

• compares two things using like or as.

• compares two things by saying that one thing is another.

• repeats the same beginning sound.

• is an obvious exaggeration.

Personification is:

• a comparison that says that one thing is another.

• the repetition of beginning sounds in a phrase or group of words.

• a deliberate exaggeration.

• giving human traits to plants or animals, objects, or thoughts.

The glow of the sun warmed her as it streamed through the dusty glass of the weathered old window pane. This is an example of:

• idiom

• hyperbole

• imagery

• alliteration

"He is older than dirt." What does that mean?

• he is very dirty and needs to shower

• he is really old

• he is old and dirty

• dirt is really old

Choose the METAPHOR

• This shoe is uncomfortable.

• My house is brown.

• Her hair is silk.

• Her hair is like silk.