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Literary devices

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This figure of speech uses exaggeration to make its point.

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

2.

Which of the following is an example of Simile?

a)

My hand is as cold as snow.

b)

Hiss, slurp, hush, scream--MOM!

c)

The shirt said, "Wear Me!"

d)

Hopping hens shop for shoes

3.

Which of the following is an example of metaphor?

a)

My hand is as cold as snow.

b)

The glasses smiled at me.

c)

My life is a dream.

d)

Snow is like the sun.

4.

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

a)

The TV laughed at the desk

b)

Calculating computers catch cats.

c)

Pictures are captured people.

d)

Crash, bang, boom goes the lion.

5.

"My dad will kill me when he comes home."

What literary device was used in the sentence?

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

6.

"The moon played hide and seek with the clouds."

What literary device was used in the sentence?

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

7.

This figure of speech that compares two things, using the words as/like.

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

8.

This figure of speech that compares two things, without using the words as/like.

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Personification

d)

Metaphor

9.

This figure of speech that starts with the same alphabet/sound.

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

10.

This figure of speech that gives animals or objects human characteristics.

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

11.

Words that SOUND like the actions they refer to.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

simile

c)

literary device

d)

alliteration

12.

He's as strong as an ox.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

alliteration

13.

CRASH! went the cymbals during the song.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

alliteration

14.
My love is like a red, red rose.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
15.
Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
16.
Snow speaks to the people; it’s falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
17.
The baby was as snug as a bug in a rug.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
18.
In the film and book Charlotte’s Web, Charlotte explains to Wilbur that all living things eventually die. Charlotte then has to spin a web to save Wilbur’s life. In the process of spinning her web, Charlotte expends all her energy and dies.
a)
Allusion & Imagery
b)
Simile & Metaphor
c)
Foreshadowing & Irony
d)
Personification & Mood
19.
Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joe’s boots broke the forest’s silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Imagery
d)
Irony
20.
“But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.”
  -William Sharp
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Irony
21.
An emerald is as green as grass,
A ruby red as blood;
A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;
A flint lies in the mud.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Foreshadowing
22.
This quiz is a piece of cake.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
23.
Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, sighing, through all her works, gave signs of woe.
   - John Milton
a)
Simile
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
Personification
d)
Allusion
24.
Christy didn't like to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except the bare necessities.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Imagery
d)
Metaphor
25.
Fog
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Personifcation
d)
Foreshadowing
26.
While camping, a person is talking about how there are no bears in the area.  Meanwhile, a bear is standing right behind him.
a)
Allusion
b)
Imagery
c)
Irony
d)
Personfication
27.
When the woman kept changing the subject I knew she had something to hide.  I wasn’t surprised when she turned out to be guilty.
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Personfication
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
28.
I smelled the warm, sweet, all-pervasive smell of silage, as well as the sour dirty laundry spilling over the basket in the hall. I could pick out the acrid smell of Claire’s drenched diaper, her sweaty feet, and her hair crusted with sand.
a)
Imagery
b)
Allusion
c)
Personification
d)
Irony
29.
The water beckoned invitingly to the hot swimmers.
a)
Allusion
b)
Personification
c)
Metaphor
d)
Irony
30.
Bat and cat are at the track is an example of...
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
alliteration
c)
assonance
d)
similes
31.
"America is a melting pot" is an example of 
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Foreshadowing
d)
Repetition
32.
The act or instance of repeating is this literary device
a)
Simile
b)
Imagery
c)
Repetition
d)
Satire
33.
"The scrumptious desserts were calling out my name" is an example of...
a)
simile
b)
foreshadowing
c)
personification
d)
symbolism
34.

"I believe I can fly,

I believe I can touch the sky"

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

rhyme

d)

alliteration

35.

"The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside

Couldn’t keep it in, heaven knows I’ve tried"

a)

repetition

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

36.

“Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.”

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

onomatopoeia

37.

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are!"

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

rhythm

d)

onomatopoeia

38.

"Pop!" and "Splat!" are examples of -

a)

personification

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

hyperbole

d)

metaphor

39.

"Freezer Burn" is an example of an -

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

pun

c)

simile

d)

oxymoron

40.

"The wheat field was a sea of gold" is an example of a -

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

oxymoron

d)

idiom

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