English - Grade 8 - Lesson 90: Pre-lesson quiz

Match the following literary devices with the correct definitions.

• An implied comparison that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another

• Simile

• When an animal or object is given qualities or abilities that only a human can have

• Alliteration

• The repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more neighbouring words or syllables

• Metaphor

• When vowel sounds are repeated within phrases or sentences that are close to each other

• Assonance

• Directly compares two things, usually with the words "like" or "as"

• Personification

Which literary device is shown in the picture?

• metaphor

• simile

• assonance

• personification

Name the literary device used in the advertisement.

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

Name the literary device(s) used in the poem.

• personification

• assonance

• simile

• metaphor

Identify the literary device used in the advertisement.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• assonance

• alliteration

Identify the literary device(s) used in the extract from The Highwayman.

• simile

• metaphor

• assonance

• alliteration