ELA3IB-03: Literary Device Review

"A hard-boiled egg in the morning is really hard to beat" is an example of __________.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Punning

• Idiom

"Life is a roller coaster" is an example of ___________.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

"I could sleep forever" is an example of ___________.

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Allusion

"I ran like the wind" is an example of _________.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Allusion

"She sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of ___________.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Oxymoron

"The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky" is an example of ___________.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

"The golden rays of the setting sun reflected upon the lake" is an example of __________.

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

"The pilot has a fear of heights" is an example of ________.

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

• Irony

• Metaphor

Which of the literary devices below correspond to the following definition: A narrative device in which a storyteller gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Foreshadowing

• Symbolism

"She's the Einstein of our generation" is an example of _________.

• Allusion

• Paradox

• Simile

• Pathetic fallacy