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Literary Devices and examples

Quiz by Henrietta Vazquez

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  • Q1
    What is this sentence an example of "Samantha soared down the street on her sleek skateboard".
    Assonance
    Apostrophe
    Allusion
    Alliteration
    30s
  • Q2
    My alarm clock yells at me every morning.
    simile
    personification
    alliteration
    consonance
    30s
  • Q3
    The town square was buzzing like a beehive.
    metaphor
    allusion
    personification
    simile
    30s
  • Q4
    The jet zoomed across the sky.
    assonance
    alliteration
    onomatopoeia
    simile
    30s
  • Q5
    Life is a dream
    metaphor
    onomatopoeia
    alliteration
    simile
    30s
  • Q6
    Ted fed Bob bread then said,/ I sped on a moped while I read,/and now I'm dead!
    personification
    simile
    metaphor
    Rhyme
    30s
  • Q7
    I'll swing by my ankles. She'll cling to your knees. As you hang by your nose, From a high-up trapeze. But just one thing, please, As we float through the breeze, Don't sneeze. - The Acrobats by Shel Silverstein
    simile
    rhyme
    consonance
    line length
    30s
  • Q8
    It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness - A Tales of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
    Juxtaposition
    consonance
    allusion
    assonance
    30s
  • Q9
    “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood … I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” The Road not Taken by Robert Frost
    allusion
    Extended metaphor
    repetition
    onomatopoeia
    30s
  • Q10
    “But if you was LeBron James then I’d be Dwyane Wade We both graduated at the same time from the same grade He was at the head of the class, on TV with celebrity acts, But that champion ring was one thing you never could grasp, I was slightly rated lower had to fight to gain exposure and that might’ve made me slower but now I have taken over And I’m down in Miami’s Heat, living my boyhood dreams And for you to do what I’ve done, you’d have to join MY team!” by Iron Solomon
    rhyme
    alliteration
    line length
    extended metaphor
    30s
  • Q11
    Here is the rapper Sean Combs, known as Puffy, in "I'll Be Missing You," an elegy for his friend Biggie Smalls: "I saw your son today, he look just like you You was the greatest, you'll always be the greatest I miss you B.I.G Can't wait til that day, when I see your face again".
    Apostrophe
    Line length
    simile
    alliteration
    30s
  • Q12
    Here the punk band Blink 182 sings to a girl, who seems to be more of a fantasy girl than a real person, and whom they call Princess Leia: "Princess Leia, where are you tonight? And who's laying there by your side? Every night I fall asleep with you And I wake up alone".
    metaphor
    assonance
    apostrophe
    simile
    30s
  • Q13
    She has the strength of Hercules
    rhyme
    consonance
    repetition
    allusion
    30s
  • Q14
    Mark has more ideas about science than Ben Franklin
    simile
    apostrophe
    allusion
    alliteration
    30s
  • Q15
    Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
    simile
    apostrophe
    consonance
    Assonance
    30s

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