Literary Devices

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• You are as beautiful as a flower.

• The trees danced in the wind.

• I waited in line for 10 years!

• He is an encyclopedia of knowledge.

The star was a flashlight guiding me home.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Determine what literary device is used in the following sentence.

The crocodile’s teeth were daggers, ready to chomp down on a meal.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Irony

Something is consider ironic when

Identify the type of irony: Tyler walked into the empty gymnasium and said, “I feel like it’s too crowded in here.”

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

Identify the type of irony: The reader knew the stalker was in the bedroom closet. The girl went in to take a nap.

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

Identify the type of irony: The son of the police chief is arrested for attempted burglary.

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

Identify the type of irony: In Toy Story, human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move, but the audience is.

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

The statement, "Mary is feeling under the weather today" is a hyperbole. True or False?

• True

• False

What two words help you identify a simile in a text?