Literary Devices Quiz
Authored by Anthony Velazquez
English
9th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which literary device is used in the following sentence? "The wind whispered through the trees."
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the literary device in this sentence: "Her smile was as bright as the sun."
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What literary device is being used in the phrase: "The classroom was a zoo"?
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Irony
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which literary device is illustrated by the phrase: "The thunder grumbled like an old man"?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the literary device in the following sentence: "The leaves danced in the wind."
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What literary device is used in this sentence: "He was so hungry he could eat a horse"?
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Irony
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which literary device is being used in the phrase: "The silence was deafening"?
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Irony
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
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