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Identifying Literary Devices

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What literary device is evident in this line? "The bells chimed loudly, ding-donging through the empty church."

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Alliteration

c)

Irony

d)

Hyperbole

2.

Identify the device in the following statement: "Her love for him was as constant as the North Star."

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Symbol

d)

Oxymoron

3.

Which literary device is being used here? "He told a story of how he once outran a pack of wolves to explain why he was always early."

a)

Flashback

b)

Anecdote

c)

Satire

d)

Paradox

4.

What device is used in this example? "The soft snow sank underfoot, a blanket wrapping the world in silence."

a)

Imagery

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Metaphor

5.

Identify the device present in the line below: "It was a tragic twist when the firefighter’s house burned down."

a)

Situational Irony

b)

Verbal Irony

c)

Dramatic Irony

d)

Symbol

6.

What is evident in this line? "The soldier gazed at the dove on the battlefield, his heart aching for peace."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Motif

d)

Simile

7.

Which device is used here? "The author kept mentioning the red balloon throughout the story, tying it to the protagonist's lost innocence."

a)

Symbol

b)

Motif

c)

Allusion

d)

Flashback

8.

Which literary device is used in the following sentence? "The dark deep dread of the forest kept the travelers silent."

a)

Alliteration

b)

Consonance

c)

Assonance

d)

Metaphor

9.

What literary device is evident in this line? "The bells chimed loudly, ding-donging through the empty church."

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

10.

Identify the device in the following statement: "Her love for him was as constant as the North Star."

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Irony

11.

Which literary device is being used here? "He told a story of how he once outran a pack of wolves to explain why he was always early."

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Anecdote

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

12.

What device is used in this example? "The soft snow sank underfoot, a blanket wrapping the world in silence."

a)

Imagery

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

13.

Identify the device present in the line below: "It was a tragic twist when the firefighter’s house burned down."

a)

Situational Irony

b)

Verbal Irony

c)

Dramatic Irony

d)

Metaphor

14.

What literary device is used here? "The forest was alive, whispering secrets through the rustling leaves."

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

15.

Which device is shown in this line? "His smile was a faded photograph of happier days."

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Hyperbole

16.

What is being used in this example? "She walked into the room, and the faint scent of roses lingered in the air, a memory of summer afternoons."

a)

Imagery

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

17.

Which device is evident in this line? "Parting is such sweet sorrow."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

18.

What literary device is used here? "If we don’t act now, the world will collapse under the weight of its own greed."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

19.

Which literary device is present in the following? "The two lovers were trapped between Scylla and Charybdis, unable to choose a path without consequences."

a)

Allusion

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

20.

Which device is used here? "The author kept mentioning the red balloon throughout the story, tying it to the protagonist’s lost innocence."

a)

Allegory

b)

Motif

c)

Theme

d)

Paradox