Rhetorical Devices Quiz

Which rhetorical device is being used in the following sentence: 'Her smile is as bright as the sun'?

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Identify the rhetorical device in the sentence: 'The world is a stage.'

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

What rhetorical device is used in the phrase: 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'?

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

• assonance

Which rhetorical device is used in the sentence: 'I've told you a million times'?

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

In the sentence 'The thunder roared and the lightning danced', what rhetorical device is being used?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Identify the rhetorical device in the sentence: 'His heart is made of stone.'

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

What rhetorical device is used in the phrase: 'She sells seashells by the seashore'?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

• assonance

Which rhetorical device is used in the sentence: 'I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse'?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

In the sentence 'The wind whispered through the trees', what rhetorical device is being used?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Identify the rhetorical device in the sentence: 'His words cut deeper than a knife.'

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification