Identifying LIterary Devices (with examples)

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

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What literary device is present in the phrase: "She was as brave as a lion"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Irony

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

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

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which literary device is used in: "Bang! The door slammed shut"?

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is the literary device in: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"?

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which device is used in: "I've told you a million times"?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What literary device is used in: "The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky"?

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which device is used in: "Her smile was ice"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the literary device in: "He is as fast as a cheetah"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which device is used in: "The leaves crunched underfoot"?

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A