Literary Devices

"She was as hungry as a horse" is an example of what literary device?

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Which of these is not an example of an oxymoron?

• jumbo shrimp

• alone together

• bittersweet

• red shirt

Which literary device is used to give human characteristics to non-human things?

• personification

• oxymoron

• alliteration

• imagery

Which of these is an example of alliteration?

• walking on thin ice

• I have a dream

• she sells sea shells

• as hungry as a horse

"I haven't eaten in hours, I'm starving to death!" is an example of what literary device?

• imagery

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification