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Literary Devices Practice

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the literary device called when a non-human entity or object is given human traits/characteristics?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

2.

Which literary device involves a comparison using "like" or "as"?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Symbol

3.

What is the term for a repeated syllable sound within a series of words?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Alliteration

c)

Juxtaposition

d)

Allegory

4.

Which device uses descriptive language to appeal to the senses and create a scene in our heads?

a)

Imagery

b)

Tone

c)

Mood

d)

Theme

5.

What is the literary term for exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Allegory

6.

Which device involves the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named?

(Ex: Sizzle, crackle, BOOM!, Zap!)

a)

Alliteration

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Juxtaposition

d)

Symbol

7.

What is the underlying message or "big idea" of a story called?

a)

Tone

b)

Mood

c)

Theme

d)

Allegory

8.

What is the term for the showing of contrast by placing concepts side by side?

a)

Juxtaposition

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Symbol

d)

Personification

9.

Which literary device gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story?

a)

Allegory

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Imagery

10.

What is the term for how an author talks about the subject or events in their story, reflecting their attitude?

a)

Mood

b)

Tone

c)

Theme

d)

Symbol

11.

What is the term that describes what the reader feels from a scene?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Mood

c)

Tone

d)

Simile

12.

Which literary device describes "a story within a story"?

a)

Allegory

b)

Symbol

c)

Juxtaposition

d)

Alliteration

13.

In the sentence 'The old house groaned and whispered secrets in the wind,' which literary device is being used?

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

14.

Which sentence contains a metaphor?

a)

His voice was as loud as thunder

b)

Her voice was like music to his ears

c)

The classroom was a zoo during lunch

d)

She ran as fast as lightning

15.

If an author writes 'The thunder crashed and boomed across the dark, stormy sky,' what literary device is used?

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Imagery

c)

Symbol

d)

Theme

16.

In a story where a character finds a broken mirror before experiencing bad luck, the mirror most likely represents which literary device?

a)

Juxtaposition

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Alliteration

d)

Symbol

17.

If a story shows both the beauty of nature and the destruction of war side by side to highlight their differences, this technique is:

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Juxtaposition

c)

Imagery

d)

Theme

18.

When a character says 'I've told you a million times to clean your room!' they are using:

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomatopoeia

19.

"I am so hungry, I could eat a horse" is an example of which literary device?

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

symbolism

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

20.

Complete the sentence: A metaphor compares two unlike things...

a)

without using "like" or "as"

b)

in a short sentence

c)

using "like" or "as"

d)

only in suspenseful stories