Literary Devices Practice Quiz

"Her voice was as smooth as silk."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Literal Language

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The only way to be free is to be bound by rules." What literary device is this?

• Hyperbole

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

• Idiom

"His temper was a volcano ready to erupt."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Literal Language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"The trees waved their arms in the wind." What literary device is used?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which term describes an extreme exaggeration used for emphasis?

• Understatement

• Paradox

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

"She was as bright as a full moon on a clear night." What literary device is used?

• Simile

• Literal Language

• Allusion

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"This test is a piece of cake!" Which device is used?

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"The silence screamed in my ears." What literary device is being used?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Paradox

"I’ve seen this movie a thousand times!" What literary device is being used?

• Hyperbole

• Understatement

• Verbal Irony

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which term refers to a statement that appears contradictory but reveals a truth?

• Oxymoron

• Pun

• Paradox

• Verbal Irony