Literary Devices and Figurative Language Mastery Quiz

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• He is a lion in battle.

• Her eyes shone like diamonds.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• Time is a thief.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the metaphor in the following sentence: "Life is a rollercoaster, full of ups and downs."

• Life

• Rollercoaster

• Ups and downs

• Life is a rollercoaster

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following sentences contains personification?

• The sun kissed the ocean.

• She is an early bird.

• He has a heart of stone.

• They fought like cats and dogs.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Choose the example of hyperbole:

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• She's as fast as lightning.

• The book was a window to another world.

• His words were music to her ears.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What does the "dove" symbolize in literature?

• War

• Peace

• Love

• Death

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which type of imagery is primarily used in the phrase "The cinnamon scent of the baked apple pie filled the room"?

• Visual

• Olfactory

• Auditory

• Tactile

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Identify the simile in the following sentence: "The clouds were like cotton candy in the sky."

• The clouds

• Were like

• Cotton candy

• In the sky

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• The snow is a white blanket.

• She is as busy as a bee.

• He swims like a fish.

• The stars are sparkling diamonds.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Choose the sentence that best exemplifies personification.

• The car complained as the key turned in its ignition.

• The cake was calling my name.

• Both A and B

• Neither A nor B

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• I slept like a log last night.

• I've told you a million times.

• The lake was a mirror, reflecting the mountains.

• Her voice is music to my ears.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A