Literary Terms Quiz

Which literary device is used when an author gives human characteristics to non-human objects?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Identify the figurative language in this sentence: "He has a heart of stone."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

• Her smile was as bright as the sun.

• The classroom was a zoo.

• He ran like the wind.

Which literary device is used in the phrase "jumbo shrimp"?

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Irony

What is the term for a comparison using "like" or "as"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Irony

• Onomatopoeia

Which sentence contains an example of hyperbole?

• The leaves danced in the wind.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• The car engine roared to life.

• The sun smiled down on us.

In the sentence "The wind whispered through the trees," which literary device is being used?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Compare the tone of these two sentences: "The night was dark and stormy" and "The night was calm and peaceful."

• Both have a positive tone.

• The first has a negative tone, the second has a positive tone.

• Both have a negative tone.

• The first has a positive tone, the second has a negative tone.

Analyze the figurative language in this sentence: "The thunder was a mighty lion's roar."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Compare the use of imagery in these two sentences: "The garden was a sea of colors" and "The garden was filled with red, yellow, and blue flowers."

• Both use personification.

• The first uses a metaphor, the second uses literal description.

• Both use similes.

• The first uses hyperbole, the second uses metaphor.