Literary Devices

Which of the following is alliteration?

• She sells seashells by the seashore.

• The mind is a computer.

• The wind murmured through the trees.

• The rain came down, down, down.

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• The heart is a muscle.

• The mind is a computer

• Her eyes are like stars.

• The rain came down, down, down.

Which of the following is a simile?

• The heart is a muscle.

• Her hair is silk.

• His eyes are like stars.

• The wind murmured through the trees.

Which of the following is personification?

• The waves crashed against the shore.

• The cat sat on the mat.

• His eyes were like stars.

• The wind murmured through the trees.

Which of the following is repetition?

• The wind murmured through the trees.

• The rain came down, down, down.

• The moon shone through the trees.

• Her hair is silk.

Which of the following is assonance?

• The lion roared like thunder.

• The cat sat on the mat.

• She sells sea shells by the seashore.

• The clock struck midnight.

Which of the following is hyperbole?

• The rain came down, down, down.

• The moon shone through the trees.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• The cat sat on the mat.

Which of the following is an example of onomaopoeia?

• The snaked hissed.

• The cat sat on the mat.

• The wind murmured through the trees.

• His eyes were like stars.

Which of the following is an oxymoron?

• Things got pretty ugly.

• The rain came down, down, down.

• The cat sat on the mat.

• The mind is a computer.

This literary device uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification