Literary Device Practice Quiz

The waterfall roared down the mountain like a freight train.

The audible crash from the dishes falling out of the cupboard woke everyone in the house up.

The sunset cast an orange glow over the shimmering lake, while the smell of the fresh cut grass reminded the old man of distant summers past.

The old man had warned the kids that if they went into the cemetery late at night, they might never come back. In spite of that warning, they decided to sneak in late at night and what happened changed their life forever.

He was something of a big guy. In fact, for all intents and purposes, he was a bear and lumbered through the saloon in the same fashion.

The wind carved its way through the mountain passes, combing through the trees and turning the whole forest into a living wilderness.

The stairs groaned in protest as the safe was lowered down from the second floor.

"I wouldn't have burned my mouth if the soup wasn't a thousand degrees!!!" His shout came echoing down the staircase.

All of the sugar was a huge mistake. It sent the kids into a frenzy that drove the poor parents up the walls.

The wedding was quite the spectacle. It started with a wind that created a terrific tumbling tent disaster that destroyed most of the tables.