Literary Device Quiz

Simile or Metaphor?

The assignment is a breeze.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a metaphor?

• Compares two things using like or as

• Compares two things NOT using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Definition: comparing things using "like" or "as"

• metaphor

• simile

• similar

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Definition: giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• humanification

• hyperbole

• personification

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Definition: a word that resembles the sound it represents

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

They fought like cats and dogs.

• oxymoron

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The falling snowflakes are dancers.

• metaphor

• imagery

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the device used in the following sentence: "Todd was a beast on the football field, but a teddy bear around his friends and family."

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the device: "The classroom was like a sauna in the middle of summer."

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Identify the device: "The lion looked at us and grinned happily as he devoured his prey."

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D