Literary Device quiz 8-30

The clock's face frowned at me when I woke up late.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The buzzing from the hive was like a trumpet sounding retreat.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I laughed so hard I thought I would die.

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Wordlessly watching

He waits by the window

and wonders

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The glittering snowflakes reminded her of diamonds

• imagery

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

He could not escape the prison of his mind.

• metaphor

• simile

• tone

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

an author's use of exaggeration to make a point

• alliteration

• imagery

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a comparison of two objects saying they are similar, using "like" or "as"

• tone

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

giving human or person-like traits to a non-human object

• alliteration

• personification

• imagery

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

an author's words that appeal to the five senses and create a picture in the mind

• imagery

• metaphor

• simile

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5