WorksheetsLiterary Devices
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 47mins
This figure of speech uses exaggeration to make its point.
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Alliteration
Which of the following is an example of Simile?
My hand is as cold as snow.
Hiss, slurp, hush, scream--MOM!
The shirt said, "Wear Me!"
Hopping hens shop for shoes
Which of the following is an example of metaphor?
My hand is as cold as snow.
The glasses smiled at me.
My life is a dream.
Snow is like the sun.
Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
The TV laughed at the desk
Calculating computers catch cats.
Pictures are captured people.
Crash, bang, boom goes the lion.
"My dad will kill me when he comes home."
What literary device was used in the sentence?
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Alliteration
"The moon played hide and seek with the clouds."
What literary device was used in the sentence?
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Alliteration
"Her head is in the clouds."
What does it mean?
She is not paying attention.
She is flying.
She is floating in the clouds.
This figure of speech that compares two things, using the words as/like.
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Alliteration
This figure of speech that compares two things, without using the words as/like.
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Metaphor
This figure of speech that starts with the same alphabet/sound.
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Alliteration
This figure of speech that gives animals or objects human characteristics.
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Alliteration
Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?
The water glistened like a star in the night.
The snow was a white blanket on the normally green grass.
Her stare was cold as ice.
The dove represents peace on earth.
Which of the following is an example of imagery?
Playing sports is a lot of fun.
The boy bounced the ball.
The young boy excitedly ran to the ball.
The ball was a deep red, like that of a fire truck, glistening in the bright sun.
Which of the following is an example of a simile?
Her hair shined like the sun.
The snowflakes danced in the wind.
Her hair was a flowing river.
The delicious ice cream made her jump for joy.
Which of the following is NOT an example of irony?
A marriage counselor files for divorce
A fire station burned down
An old man has a heart attack
Someone posts on Facebook about how dumb Facebook is
Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
BOOM!
The soda can exploded in my hand like a rocket ship going into space.
Her skin was as soft as a baby's.
The purple pants were perfect on the professor.
Which of the following is an example of allusion?
He was acting like Hitler, I was nervous we were about to have a 3rd World War.
A little lad listened to the lisping lizard.
CRASH!
He cried like a baby.
Which of the following is an example of repetition?
CRASH!
The bright red cardinal flew majestically over the snow-peaked mountain.
I recall the time when Lincoln was president, before slavery was ended, before the Civil War.
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.
Which of the following is an example of personification?
The wind howled in the dark night sky.
The trees were a beautiful color, like the bright orange of sunset.
Her hair was dark as night.
His mother yelled at him like a banshee.
Which of the following is correct?
Foreshadowing - when an author goes back in time to describe an event / Flashback -when an author gives clues as to what will happen
Foreshadowing - giving human-like traits to non-human things / Flashback - when an author gives clues as to what will happen
Foreshadowing - when an author gives clues as to what will happen / Flashback - comparison of two unlike things using like or as
Foreshadowing - when an author gives clues as to what will happen / Flashback - when an author goes back in time to describe an event
Oxymorons are contradictory phrases.
True
False
El Salvador's flag can be noted as a/an...
simile
paradox
anthropomorphism
symbol
What is Dramatic Irony
When one thing is expected and the opposite happens
When, we, the readers know what is going to happen but the characters do not.
When one thing is said but the opposite is meant
Sarcasm
What is the foreshadow in this passage?
It was only 5:00AM, so everyone else in the house was still asleep. As they crept through the kitchen to the back door, Mary sniffed the air. It had the faint scent of coffee and something sweet. She shrugged it off and followed Justin out the door, down the back steps,and out onto the boat dock. The fog had settled over the lake, making it impossible to see anything.
That Mary and Justin were going to go back to bed.
That they might get into an accident or get lost on the lake because the fog made it impossible to see anything.
They were about to eat breakfast.
hat Mary and Justin were going to go for a nice boat ride across the lake.
I didn't like the ______ on the jester's face.
The contrast between what is said and what is meant is called
situational irony
verbal irony
dramatic irony
The wind was blowing so hard, the sun was scared to come out.
metaphor
personification
symbolism
symbolism
"Clean up your room! It's a pig pen!"
metaphor
simile
allusion
personification
The boy believed black birds bite.
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Allusion
My mother's hair is as soft as a cloud.
Personification
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Euphemism
I could hear the popping and crackling as mom dropped the bacon into the frying pan
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Euphemism
Cliche
The golden yellow sunlight filtered down through the pale new leaves on the oak trees, coming to rest on Jessica's brown toes that were splayed in the red Georgia mud.
Idiom
Imagery
Metaphor
Simile
My favourite movie is The Night of the Living Dead.
Oxymoron
Onomatopoeia
Cliche
Metaphor
The wind whistled a happy tune as I walked along the mountain trail.
Hyperbole
Cliche
Personification
Mood
I've been to the dentist many times, so I know the drill
Cliche
Pun
Imagery
Hyperbole
My mom is going to kill me if I don't complete my homework.
Mood
Symbolism
Hyperbole
Symbolism
A gun and a mask were shown in the main character's bedside table. Later in the movie, he robbed a bank. The gun and the mask being shown were an example of:
Irony
Foreshadowing
Euphemism
Allusion
"I eat so many cookies, I'm going to start saying 'Ho, Ho, Ho!'"
Metaphor
Simile
Imagery
Allusion
Watching people play golf is like watching grass grow.
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Imagery
It's anti-bullying day, so we should wear pink!
Cliche
Imagery
Metaphor
Symbolism
