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Q1W7D2A2 - LITERARY DEVICES

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

PE 1 - HYPERBOLE

a)

Attributing human characteristics to objects, ideas, animals or nature

b)

A language that describes something as better as or worse than it really is

c)

A comparison between two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’

d)

A direct comparison between two things.

2.

Personification

a)

Attributing human characteristics to objects, ideas, animals or nature.

b)

A direct comparison between two things

c)

They use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think.

d)

Repetition of words, phrases or structures.

3.

Irony

a)

A language that describes something as better as or worse than it really is

b)

Repetition of words, phrases or structures.

c)

They use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think

d)

Attributing human characteristics to objects, ideas, animals or nature

4.

Repetition

a)

A comparison between two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’

b)

Repetition of words, phrases or structures.

c)

Words that imitate sounds

d)

A direct comparison between two things.

5.

Simile

a)

Words that imitate sounds

b)

Attributing human characteristics to objects, ideas, animals or nature

c)

They use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think.

d)

A comparison between two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’

6.

Metaphor

a)

A direct comparison between two things.

b)

They use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think.

c)

Attributing human characteristics to objects, ideas, animals or nature

d)

A comparison between two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’

7.

Assonance

a)

Repetition of words, phrases or structures.

b)

The use words that have the same or similar vowel sound near one another

c)

A direct comparison between two things.

d)

They use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think.

8.

Alliteration

a)

Repetition of the initial consonant sound

b)

Repetition of words, phrases or structures.

c)

The use words that have the same or similar vowel sound near one another

d)

A direct comparison between two things

9.

. Onomatopoeia

a)

Words that imitate sounds

b)

Attributing human characteristics to objects, ideas, animals or nature

c)

A direct comparison between two things

d)

Words that imitate sounds

10.

In the darkness, the wind and rain grew louder and seemed closer.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Simila

d)

Metaphor

11.

Joey sat still, his heart beating fast. It made a ‘thump, thump, thump’ noise in his chest.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Personification

12.

BANG! Again there was a loud noise on the roof. Again Joey jumped. He held the book more tightly.

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

13.

BRRRING! BRRRING! The telephone! Then it stopped, even before Joey had moved.

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Assonance

14.

Again: BRRRING! BRRRING! Joey ran to answer it.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

15.

The wind was blowing so hard, the sun was scared to come.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

16.

The teacher is like an angry lion when she is mad.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

17.

The boy believed black birds bite.

a)

Assonance

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

18.

The men were jumping like a pack of frantic grizzly bears.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

19.

The sky is a rainbow of colors

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Onomatopoeia