Literary Devices Quiz

Which literary device is being used in the following sentence: 'Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.'?

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Identify the literary device in the sentence: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

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

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

In the sentence 'The thunder roared angrily', what literary device is being used?

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

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

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Identify the literary device in the phrase: 'Time flies.'

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

What literary device is used in the sentence: 'The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky'?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

In the sentence 'The car engine coughed and sputtered', what literary device is being used?

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

Which literary device is being used in the following sentence: 'His heart is as cold as ice'?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Identify the literary device in the phrase: 'She is as wise as an owl.'

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor