Literary Devices: Hyperbole and Personification

Which of the following literary devices is used when people exaggerate to make a point or add drama?

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Which of the following literary devices has a characteristic like a human being or gives human attributes to a nonhuman?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Imagery

• Oxymoron

In the bustling city, the towering skyscrapers stretched their arms towards the sky, as if reaching for the stars. Cars raced along the streets like impatient children eager to get home. What type of literary devices is in this underlined sentence?

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Personification

• Allusion

Answer explanation

Personification, the towering skyscrapers are a nonhuman, but they can take action the same as human.

Meanwhile, the sun winked mischievously from behind fluffy clouds, casting its warm embrace upon the busy sidewalks below. What type of literary devices is in this underlined sentence?

• Symbolism

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

Answer explanation

Personification, the sun is a nonhuman, but it can take action the same as human.

There is a girl, Sarah. Sarah's backpack felt like it weighed a ton as she trudged up the hill to school. "I swear, it's got the entire library in there!" she exclaimed. What type of literary devices is in this underlined sentence?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

Answer explanation

Hyperbole, Sarah used to express just how heavy it felt. As she dragged the backpack weighed like a ton.

Though her backpack wasn't actually as heavy as a ton. She collapsed onto a bench, feeling as though she had just climbed Mount Everest. Then the school’s bell rang. What type of literary devices is in this underlined sentence?

• Paradox

• Irony

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Hyperbole, Sarah used to express just how burdensome it felt. As she reached the top of the hill.

In the movie “Beauty and the Beast”, the teapots are Chip and Mrs.Pott. These characters were cursed to transform into things by the Enchantress. What type of literary devices can be used as a possible answer?

• Motif

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Paradox

Answer explanation

They are personified (personification) because teapots can’t think, talk or move on their own.

In the movie “Finding Nemo”, the fish are Malin and Dolly. They are trying to find Nemo that unexpectedly taken far from home. What type of literary devices can be used as a possible answer?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

Answer explanation

They clearly show the human traits in these inhuman characters.

In the movie “101 Dalmatians”, this dog is Rolly. He is very hungry even he just already finish his dinner. From his speech, which type of literary devices can be used as a possible answer?

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Answer explanation

It exaggerates the Rolly's hunger to an extreme level, implying that he is so hungry that he could eat a whole elephant.

"I'm so tired I could sleep for a hundred years! I've been studying all night, burning the midnight oil like a candle in a hurricane. My eyelids feel like they're made of lead, and I swear even my yawns are exhausted. If I don't get some shut-eye soon, I might just collapse into a deep slumber right here on the desk!" In this short paragraph, what type of literary devices is an answer?

Answer explanation

The speaker's tiredness is emphasized by this exaggeration, which implies that they might have to sleep for an exceptionally long time.