Language Devices Quiz

What is a metaphor?

• A metaphor is a type of personification.

• A metaphor is a type of simile.

• A metaphor is a type of poem.

• A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying one thing is another thing.

Which language device is used in the following sentence: 'The stars danced in the night sky'?

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

What is personification?

• Personification

• A method of cooking

• A form of poetry

• A type of dance

Which language device is used in the following sentence: 'The wind whispered through the trees'?

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

What is hyperbole?

• A type of mathematical equation.

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

• A form of poetry that follows a specific rhyme scheme and meter.

• Exaggeration for emphasis or dramatic effect.

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

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

What is alliteration?

• Repetition of the same sound or letter at the end of non-adjacent or loosely connected words.

• Repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Repetition of different sounds or letters at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Repetition of the same sound or letter at the end of adjacent or closely connected words.

Which language device is used in the following sentence: 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'?

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

What is onomatopoeia?

• Words describing smells

• Words indicating colors

• Words imitating sounds

• Words representing emotions

Which language device is used in the following sentence: 'The bees buzzed around the flowers'?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia