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Literary Devices

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"The heart out of the bosom

Was never given in vain"

What literary device is used in this sentence?

a)

Symbol

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

2.

"I wandered lonely as a cloud"

What literary device is used in this sentence?

a)

Symbol

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

3.

"Ten thousand saw I at a glance

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance"

How many literary devices are used in those sentences?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

4.

"Ten thousand saw I at a glance

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance"

What literary devices are used in those sentences?

a)

Symbol, Personification

b)

Metaphor, Personification

c)

Hyperbole, Personification

d)

Hyperbole, Metaphor

5.

"Give crowns and pounds and guineas,

But not your heart away"

'Crowns', 'pounds' and 'guineas' represent:

a)

the power

b)

the luxury

c)

the cost of love

6.

"Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the milky way"

What literary device is used in this sentence?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Connotation

c)

Simile

d)

Symbol

7.

"Tis paid with sighs a-plenty

And sold for endless rue"

'sighs a-plenty' symbolizes:

a)

pain and hurt

b)

regret

c)

tiredness

8.

"Tis paid with sighs a-plenty

And sold for endless rue"

How many literary devices are there in those sentences?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

9.

"What wealth the show to me had brought"

How many literary devices are there in the sentence?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

10.

How do you feel about the lesson today?

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