Literary Devices Quiz

Which of the following is a simile?

• The classroom was a zoo.

• Her smile was as bright as the sun.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• The thunder grumbled like an old man.

"The snow was a white blanket covering the ground."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

"Bang! The door slammed shut behind him."

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

"Sally sells seashells by the seashore."

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Personification

"The leaves danced across the lawn."

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Alliteration

"This homework is taking forever!"

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

"The silence was deafening."

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

"He ran faster than a speeding bullet."

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

"The car coughed and sputtered before finally starting."

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Simile

"Life is a rollercoaster, full of ups and downs."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron