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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Literary Devices

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"This is the nerve center of the whole operation"

"Willy Wonka is a magician with chocolate"

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

onomatopoeia

2.

"whoof!"

"CLICK"

"Zing"

a)

metaphor

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

repetition

3.

It had huge iron gates leading into it and SMOKE BELCHING from its chimneys.

a)

Personification

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

metaphor

4.

Two Golden tickets found today, SCREAMED THE HEADLINES.

a)

PERSONIFICATION

b)

ONOMATOPOEIA

c)

HYPERBOLE

5.

"He was hopping about among the saucepans and the machines like a child among his Christmas presents."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

6.

"They were as shriveled as prunes, and as bony as skeletons."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

7.

"How long could we allow this beast (Agustus) to gorge and guzzle, feed and feast?"

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

8.

"The children are disappearing like rabbits!"

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

9.

"Augustus was lapping up the chocolate like a dog"

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

10.

"Listen! You can hear the machines! They're all WHIRRING again

a)

Metaphor

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Alliteration

11.

Great flabby folds of fat bulged out from every part of his body, and his face was like a monstrous ball of dough with two small greedy curranty eyes peering out upon the world.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

onomatopoeia

12.

Thousands of them, I must have bought. Hundreds of thousands of candy bars.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

13.

Everything that Charlie touched seemed to be made of ice, and each time he stepped outside the door, the wind was like a knife on his cheek.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

repetition

14.

Several people went hurrying past him on the pavement, their feet crunching in the snow.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

15.

Great Flabby Folds of Fat bulged out from every part of his body.

a)

simile

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

16.

The elevator's gone mad, cried Grandpa Joe.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

17.

Look at those pipes they carry thousands of gallons my dear children thousands and thousands of gallons!

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

18.

All about him black metal pots were boiling and bubbling, kettles were hissing, pans were sizzling, and strong iron machines were clanking and spluttering.

a)

metaphor

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

hyperbole

19.

The machine let out a monstrous mighty moan.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration