Literary Devices Quiz

Which literary device is being used in the following sentence: 'Her eyes were as bright as the stars'?

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

Identify the literary device in the sentence: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

What literary device is used in the phrase: 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'?

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

In the sentence 'The fire station burned down', what literary device is being used?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Which literary device is being used in the following sentence: 'His heart is a cold stone'?

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

Identify the literary device in the sentence: 'The moon smiled down on the earth.'

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

What literary device is used in the phrase: 'She sells seashells by the seashore'?

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

In the sentence 'I can't wait to read the 500-page novel', what literary device is being used?

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Which literary device is being used in the following sentence: 'The world is a stage'?

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

Identify the literary device in the sentence: 'The flowers danced in the gentle breeze.'

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification