Literary Devices Toolbox Quiz

You are simply the sun in my sky.

Select 2 correct answers

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Death crept in like a thief and without a word, stole what was most dear to me.

Select 2 correct answers.

• personification

• repetition

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Abraham Lincoln, what would you say today?

Select 2 correct answers.

• apostrophe

• hyperbole

• assonance

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

My mother was the rock of our family, my father was like the hot air balloon,

Select 3 correct answers.

• Juxtaposition

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

When will the winds of fall be still around the tall oak that fell?

Select the correct answer.

• metaphor

• consonance

• personificaton

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Courage, we had and strength enough.

Select the correct answer.

• metaphor

• vivid word choice

• poetic inversion

• apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Wishy-washy.

Select 2 correct answers.

• onomatopoeia,

• simile

• alliteration

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

He came in, like a whirlwind.

Select 2 correct answers.

• simile

• alliteration

• rhyme scheme

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

He was like a modern day Moses.

Select 2 correct answers.

• juxtaposition

• allusion

• simile

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

I remember the burning ember of late September.

Select the correct answer.

• assonance

• alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4