Identify Literary Devices Quiz

Which literary device is used in the phrase "The wind whispered through the trees"?

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Identify the literary device in the line "She sells sea shells by the sea shore."

• Assonance

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Enjambment

What is the term for a comparison using "like" or "as"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Conceit

• Hyperbole

Which of the following is an example of a rhyming couplet?

• "The sun is bright, the sky is blue."

• "The cat sat on the mat."

• "To be or not to be, that is the question."

• "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

What is the term for a pause in a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation?

• Enjambment

• Caesura

• Iambic Pentameter

• Assonance

Which literary device is used in the phrase "Time is a thief"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Identify the literary device in the line "The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Conceit

• Personification

What is the term for the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Enjambment

• Hyperbole

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• "He runs faster than the wind."

• "The leaves danced in the wind."

• "The stars are diamonds in the sky."

• "The sun smiled down on us."

What is the structure of a traditional sonnet?

• 12 lines

• 14 lines

• 16 lines

• 18 lines