Literary Devices Quiz

Which literary device is used in the sentence 'The car ran over the wagon and broke it. Now, the wagon was as flat as a pancake.'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What type of literary device is used in the sentence 'Tim was a beast on the football field.'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which literary device is used in the sentence 'Meow'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What type of literary device is used in the sentence 'Sally sells seashells by the seashore.'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which literary device is used in the sentence 'The moon smiled down at me.'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of literary device is used in the sentence 'Wow! You are the Einstein of our class!'?

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Personification

• Metonymy

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which literary device is used in the sentence 'Don't be such a Scrooge!'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What type of literary device is used in the sentence 'My homework took me forever!'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which literary device is used in the sentence 'It is raining cats and dogs.'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What type of literary device is used in the sentence 'His smile lit up the room.'?

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4