Figurative Language and Literary Devices Review

What literary device is primarily used in the line "Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Answer explanation

Simile: A comparison using like or as.

Dry and raison are being compared using like.

What type of figurative language is present in the phrase "stink like rotten meat"?

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Irony

Answer explanation

Simile: A comparison using like or as.

Stink and rotten meat are being compared using like.

The line "Or crust and sugar over—like a syrupy sweet?" uses which literary device?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Meter

Answer explanation

Simile: A comparison using like or as.

"Crust and sugar" and "syrupy sweet" are being compared using like.

What literary device is primarily used in the line "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood"?

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Simile

• Alliteration

Answer explanation

Imagery: The words or

phrases to create

a picture in the

reader’s mind. (Seeing, hearing, smelling, touching, and feeling.)

"Yellow wood" is creating a picture with sight.

What type of figurative language is present in the line "The sun was a gleaming pearl"?

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Answer explanation

Metaphor: A direct comparison (without like or as).

"The sun" and "gleaming pearl" are being directly compared (without like or as).

What type of figurative language is present in the line "Takis, thin red fire-breathers"?

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Answer explanation

Personification: Giving human

characteristics to

nonhuman objects.

Takis are given the human characteristic of being fire-breathers; similar to those at a carnival or circus.

What literary device is used in the phrase "A rollercoaster ride like jail"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Answer explanation

Simile: A comparison using like or as.

"Rollercoaster ride" and "jail" are being compared using like.

The phrase "Takis are a fiery star in a spicy dream" is an example of which literary device?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

Answer explanation

Metaphor: A direct comparison using (without like or as).

"fiery star" and "spicy dream" are being directly compared.

What literary device is primarily used in the line "In the land of snacks, Takis gleam"?

• Personification

• Simile

• Imagery

• Metaphor

Answer explanation

Imagery: The words or

phrases to create

a picture in the

reader’s mind. (Seeing, hearing, smelling, touching, and feeling.)

"gleam" is creating a picture with sight.

In the line "Snow has rizzed me," what literary device is primarily used?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Simile

Answer explanation

Personification: Giving human

characteristics to

nonhuman objects.

Snow is given the human characteristic of rizz.