Literary Devices Flashcards

1

I was lost in a sea of nameless faces.

hyperbole
simile
alliteration
metaphor

2

He acts silly at times, but he was blessed with a brilliant brain.

simile
hyperbole
metaphor
alliteration

3

Her love languished in the limelight.

simile
hyperbole
alliteration
personification

4

I will never say "never."

personification
hyperbole
metaphor
simile

5

Grass grows greener in the graveyard.

personification
metaphor
simile
alliteration

6

The brown grass was begging for water.

metaphor
personification
alliteration
hyperbole

7

The evening stretches before me like a road.

simile
alliteration
hyperbole
metaphor

8

Life: a lighted window and a closed door.

metaphor
simile
hyperbole
alliteration

9

Her eyes are like the eyes of statues.

hyperbole
simile
metaphor
personification

10

I can't do anything right.

hyperbole
alliteration
personification
metaphor

11

The moon turned over to face the day.

hyperbole
alliteration
simile
personification

12

My dad is always working.

alliteration
hyperbole
simile
personification

13

Then I knew those tiny voices, clear as drops of dew.

simile
metaphor
alliteration
hyperbole

14

We are all shadows on a wheel of time.

hyperbole
metaphor
personification
simile

15

Justice is blind and, at times, deaf.

metaphor
personification
hyperbole
simile

Literary Devices

Questions 15

Literary Devices

Questions 15