Literary Devices Quiz

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

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Which literary device is being used in the following sentence: 'The wind whispered through the trees'?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Which literary device is being used in the following sentence: 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'?

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Which literary device is being used in the following sentence: 'The raindrops danced on the windowpane'?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

Which literary device is being used in the following sentence: 'He's as strong as an ox'?

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Which literary device is being used in the following sentence: 'The fire station burned down'?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• irony

• personification

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

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Which literary device is being used in the following sentence: 'The sun smiled down on us'?

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

Which literary device is being used in the following sentence: 'She's as quick as a cheetah'?

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

Which literary device is being used in the following sentence: 'The comedian was as funny as a funeral'?

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor