Literary Terms Quiz
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9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which literary device is used when an author gives human characteristics to non-human objects?
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the figurative language in this sentence: "He has a heart of stone."
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
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
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.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which literary device is used in the phrase "jumbo shrimp"?
Oxymoron
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Irony
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for a comparison using "like" or "as"?
Metaphor
Simile
Irony
Onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the sentence "The wind whispered through the trees," which literary device is being used?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
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