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Literary Devices

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

She is still and silent

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

2.

The seas surged slowly.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

3.

The rusty door hinge screamed every time the door opened.

a)

metaphor

b)

alliteration

c)

personification

4.

Laughter is the music of the soul.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

oxymoron

5.

Life is a rollercoaster

a)

pun

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

6.

She had a photographic memory but never developed it.

a)

symbolism

b)

pun

c)

hyperbole

7.

The islands were growing smaller and smaller

a)

pun

b)

alliteraltion

c)

oxymoron

8.

A boiled egg every morning is hard to beat.

a)

metaphor

b)

symbolism

c)

pun

9.

We're busy doing nothing.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

oxymoron

10.

The books fell on the table with a loud thump.

a)

alliteration

b)

oxymoron

c)

onomatopoeia

11.

Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her.

a)

alliteration

b)

allusion

c)

symbolism

12.

Mary pulled back the curtains and saw some crows sitting in the tree.

a)

simile

b)

foreshadowing

c)

oxymoron

13.

I am dying of shame.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

hyperbole

c)

symbolism

14.

There is a real love hate relationship developing between the two of them.

a)

repetition

b)

personification

c)

oxymoron

15.

I was tickled pink when I heard the news.

a)

alliteration

b)

idiom

c)

symbolism

16.

The rebels raised a white flag to negotiate.

a)

allusion

b)

symbolism

c)

pun

17.

I’m trying to find the remote, but it’s like a needle in a haystack.

a)

idiom

b)

metaphor

18.

I really would like to try that new jumbo shrimp restaurant.

a)

pun

b)

simile

c)

oxymoron

19.

I felt happy because I saw the others were happy and because I knew I should feel happy, but I wasn’t really happy.

a)

symbolism

b)

personification

c)

repetition

20.

Opportunity was knocking at her door.

a)

personification

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

pun