WorksheetsLiterary Devices Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is the term for the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words?
Alliteration
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Which literary device involves a comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as"?
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
What is a "play on words" that involves words with similar sounds but different meanings?
Pun
Allusion
Personification
Hyperbole
Which literary device attributes human characteristics to something nonhuman?
Personification
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Simile
What is the term for an expression that calls something to mind without mentioning it explicitly?
Allusion
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Pun
Which literary device involves the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named?
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Alliteration
Metaphor
What is the term for a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"?
Simile
Metaphor
Allusion
Hyperbole
Which literary device involves exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally?
Hyperbole
Pun
Personification
Alliteration
What is an idiom?
A group of words with a meaning not deducible from individual words
A seemingly absurd statement that may be true
A figure of speech with contradictory terms
A type of poem
Which of the following is an example of a paradox?
Raining cats and dogs
Fantastically awful
Less is more
Beat around the bush
What is an oxymoron?
A type of idiom
A figure of speech with contradictory terms
A long, descriptive poem
A statement that is always true
Which of the following is an example of an oxymoron?
All animals are equal
Deafening silence
Beat around the bush
Raining cats and dogs
