Language Devices Quiz

Which language device compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

What language device gives human characteristics to non-human objects or animals?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

Which language device is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words close to one another?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

Identify the language device that directly compares two unrelated things without using like or as.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

In the sentence "The wind whispered through the trees," what is the language device used to give the wind human-like ability to whisper?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

"The stars danced in the night sky." What language device is being used to describe the movement of the stars?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

Which language device is being used in the phrase "as light as a feather"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

What language device is demonstrated in the phrase "time is a thief"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

Which language device is exemplified in the sentence "The leaves danced in the breeze"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of which language device?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration