Literary Devices Quiz

What literary device is being used when the wind is described as "howling" outside the house?

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The line "It moved! It twisted in my hand like a snake!" uses which literary device?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What literary device is at work when Herbert jokes, "Well, wish for something simple. How about those two hundred pounds to pay off the house?"

• Irony

• Foreshadowing

• Symbolism

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The way Sergeant-Major Morris talks about the dark consequences of the monkey’s paw hints at events that will happen later in the story. What literary device is being used?

• Irony

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The monkey’s paw itself is a symbol of what?

• Greed

• The unpredictability of fate

• Death

• Fear

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What literary device is being used in the sentence, "The sound of footsteps grew louder as the man approached the door"?

• Irony

• Foreshadowing

• Symbolism

• Suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When Morris says, "Better let it burn," what literary device is being used?

• Symbolism

• Irony

• Foreshadowing

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

In the story, when the chess game is described, it symbolizes what larger theme in the story?

• Conflict and strategy

• Love and relationships

• Wealth and power

• Freedom and independence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The paw moving in Mr. White's hand is an example of which literary device?

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Herbert's joking remark about finding the money in the bed foreshadows what event?

• His own death

• Mr. White’s final wish

• The burning of the paw

• The arrival of the Sergeant-Major

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5