Literary Devices Quiz 1

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

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

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

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

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

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Which literary device is used in the sentence: 'I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse'?

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Identify the literary device in the following sentence: 'The world is a stage.'

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

What literary device is used in the phrase: 'He was as brave as a lion'?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

Which literary device is being used in the sentence: 'The flowers danced in the gentle breeze'?

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Identify the literary device in the phrase: 'Sally sells seashells by the seashore.'

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

What literary device is used in the sentence: 'I've told you a million times'?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

Identify the literary device in the following sentence: 'Time is money.'

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification