Identifying Literary Devices Quiz

Which literary device is used when an author gives human characteristics to non-human objects?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

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

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Identify the literary device in the following sentence: "The wind whispered through the trees."

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Which literary device involves the repetition of the initial consonant sounds in words?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Irony

What is the term for an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally?

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

Identify the literary device in the following sentence: "Her smile was as bright as the sun."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Which literary device is used when a word imitates the sound it represents?

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

What is the term for a direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Identify the literary device in the following sentence: "The classroom was a zoo."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Which literary device involves a play on words, often for humorous effect?

• Irony

• Pun

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole