Literary Devices Quiz
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- Q1The wind was blowing so hard, the sun was scared to come out.personificationmetaphoroxymoronsimile60sEditDelete
- Q2The teacher is like an angry lion when she is mad.oxymoronmetaphorsimilepersonification60sEditDelete
- Q3The boy believed black birds bite.similepersonificicationmetaphoralliteration60sEditDelete
- Q4The men were jumping like a pack of frantic grizzly bears.similemetaphoralliterationpersonification60sEditDelete
- Q5The sky is a rainbow of colors.alliterationpersonificationmetaphorsimile60sEditDelete
- Q6My mom asks a million questions anytime I tell a story.similehyperbolemetaphorpersonification60sEditDelete
- Q7Crack! Whumph! The beam broke and fell on them.oxymoronalliterationmetaphoronomatopoeia60sEditDelete
- Q8The grass is an ocean of flowers.similemetaphorhyperbolealliteration60sEditDelete
- Q9Life is a rollercoaster.metaphorsimilepersonificationoxymoron60sEditDelete
- Q10There are a zillion stars in the sky tonight.metaphorpersonificationsimilehyperbole60sEditDelete
- Q11A metaphor is...a comparison of two or more things not using "like" or "as"an exaggerationa comparison of two or more things using "like" or "as"repeating the same starting sounds60sEditDelete
- Q12Alliteration is...a comparison of two or more things not using “like” or “as”repeating the same starting sounds of wordswhen one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more linesexaggeration for effect60sEditDelete
- Q13Repetition is...repeating the same starting sounds of wordswhen one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lineswhen two words share the same final soundwhen a poet repeats a word or words to emphasize60sEditDelete
- Q14Imagery is...writing that uses the five senses to create “pictures”giving human traits or characteristics to an object or ideawhen words pronunciation imitates its soundwhen the outcome of a situation is the exact opposite of what was expected60sEditDelete
- Q15Chicago is a city that is fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action.similerhymemetaphorrepetition60sEditDelete
- Q16Gracefully she sat down sideways, / With a simper smilealliterationrhymepersonificationsimile60sEditDelete
- Q17The tear-drop trickled to his chin: / There was a meaning in her grinrepetitionrhymesimilehyperbole60sEditDelete
- Q18All night long with rush and lull / The rain kept drumming on the roofsimilerhymerepetitionpersonficiation60sEditDelete
- Q19The wind and the rain, the wind and the rain Tinkle and drip, tinkle and drip-- branches drifting apartmetaphorsimileonomatopoeiametaphor60sEditDelete
- Q20Your eyes are a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night.hyperbolepersonificationsimilemetaphor60sEditDelete