Literary Devices Quiz

Words that appeal to the senses

• imagery

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

Giving human characteristics to something non-human

• imagery

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• personification

Using like or as to compare two dissimilar things or ideas

• imagery

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

Language that means exactly what is stated.

• literal language

• figurative language

• personification

• simile

When a word imitates the sound it represents.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• personification

• onomatopoeia

The repetition of beginning sounds in words.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Extreme exaggeration.

• Hyperbole

• imagery

• personification

• simile

Which sentence contains personification?

• The knife is as sharp as a razor.

• His shoulders are boulders.

• The wind whispered softly.

Which sentence uses a simile?

• She is as cute as a puppy.

• Life is a journey.

• The owl hooted in the forest.

Which sentence does not have a metaphor?

• The snow is a white blanket.

• She is an early bird.

• She is as slow as a snail.