Identifying Literary Devices Quiz

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

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

Identify the literary device in the following sentence: "The wind whispered through the trees."

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which literary device involves the repetition of the initial consonant sounds in words?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the term for an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally?

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Identify the literary device in the following sentence: "Her smile was as bright as the sun."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which literary device is used when a word imitates the sound it represents?

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the term for a direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the literary device in the following sentence: "The classroom was a zoo."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which literary device involves a play on words, often for humorous effect?

• Irony

• Pun

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A