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CLASS :
Literary Devices
21 Questions DATE :

1. A comparison between 2 unlike objects NOT using "like" or "as."

A onomatopoeia B metaphor

C alliteration D simile

2. The use of exaggeration for effect.

A hyperbole B onomatopoeia

C alliteration D simile

3. Words that START with the same sound and are used repeatedly in a sentence.

A onomatopoeia B metaphor

C simile D alliteration

4. A comparison between 2 unlike objects USING "like" or "as."

A simile B metaphor

C alliteration D all of the above

5. A technique a writer uses to produce a special effect in writing.

A metaphor B alliteration

C literary device D simile

6. Words that SOUND like the actions they refer to.

A literary device B onomatopoeia

C alliteration D simile
 7. He's as strong as an ox.

A metaphor B alliteration

C onomatopoeia D simile

8. CRASH! went the cymbals during the song.

A alliteration B metaphor

C simile D onomatopoeia

9. The elephant is a large grey mountain.

A metaphor B simile

C onomatopoeia D alliteration

10. Some students sing silly songs on Saturday.

A alliteration B metaphor

C onomatopoeia D simile

11. The star was a flashlight guiding me home.

A onomatopoeia B metaphor

C alliteration D simile

12. All that buzz, buzz, buzz and pop, pop, pop!

A metaphor B onomatopoeia

C alliteration D simile

13. Her eyes were as round as oranges.

A simile B metaphor

C all of the above D onomatopoeia

14. She was a quiet mouse reading in the corner of the class.

A simile B onomatopoeia

C alliteration D metaphor

15. He was as quiet as a mouse reading quietly in the corner of the classroom.

A metaphor B alliteration

C simile D onomatopoeia

16. The technique of giving human qualities to an object or an idea.

A simile B metaphor

C hyperbole D personification

17. It was so hot outside my tennis shoes melted on the sidewalk.

A hyperbole B personification

C metaphor D onomatopoeia

18. The lazy cloud refused to move away from the sun.

A metaphor B alliteration

C simile D personification

19. When a writer uses very descriptive language to create PICTURES in the mind of the
reader that appeals to all 5 senses.

A personification B idiom

C alliteration D imagery

20. A technique where words are used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are NOT
LITERALLY true.

A preposition B alliteration

C onomatopoeia D figurative language/idiom

21. You're barking up the wrong tree.

A idiom B metaphor

C alliteration D simile