Literary devices 1

The comparison of one thing to another without using the words "like" or "as" is called what?

• metaphor

• simile

• allegory

• allusion

Words that START with the same sound and are used repeatedly in a sentence.

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

A comparison between 2 unlike objects USING "like" or "as."

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• all of the above

A technique a writer uses to produce a special effect in writing.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• literary device

Words that SOUND like the actions they refer to.

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• literary device

• alliteration

He's as strong as an ox.

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

CRASH! went the cymbals during the song.

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

The elephant is a large grey mountain.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Some students sing silly songs on Saturday.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

The star was a flashlight guiding me home.

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• metaphor