Literary Devices

Question 1

This device is an extreme exaggeration. Like, really extreme. Seriously. Don't question it.

Accepted Answer

hyperbole

Question 2

This device gives human characteristics to non-living things or animals.

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 3

This device shows the author's attitude toward a subject or character.

Accepted Answer

This is an example of tone.

Question 4

This picture is an example of what literary device?

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 5

I could hear the wasps buzzing near my ear. His family didn't seem to be far from me either.

Accepted Answer

This is an example of imagery.

Question 6

The watchdog was as useful as a screen door on a submarine.

Accepted Answer

This is an example of a simile.

Question 7

This device is the comparison of two unlike things using like or as.

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 8

He gently touched a wild tendril from the grape vine that reached into the row.

Accepted Answer

This is an example of personification.

Question 9

I am a hummingbird that never stops moving. (This is a simile. True or False?)

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Kablam! My face hit the window after I failed to see the glass in front of me.

Accepted Answer

This is an example of an onomatopoeia.

Question 11

This device appeals to our five senses. (touch, taste, hearing, smell, sight)

Accepted Answer

imagery

Question 12

This device is a person, place, or thing that represents an idea and can be a visual image.

Accepted Answer

symbolism

Question 13

My shoes are older than dirt. I need to get some new ones. (What literary device is this?)

Accepted Answer

This is an example of hyperbole.

Question 14

The author uses the phoenix to represent new life for Esperanza. What is this literary device?

Accepted Answer

symbolism

Question 15

Esperanza said, "I'm going to marry Miguel!" Mama laughed, "You will feel differently later."

Accepted Answer

Mama's tone is amused.

Question 16

The deep and dark forest was a black hole.

Accepted Answer

This is an example of a metaphor.

Question 17

What symbol does the author use to show the big differences between Miguel and Esperanza?

Accepted Answer

The deep river.

Question 18

This device is the formation of a word based on the sound it makes.

Accepted Answer

Onomatopoeia

Question 19

What is this literary device? "That boy was as sharp as a bowling ball."

Accepted Answer

This is a simile.

Question 20

It was a dark and stormy Halloween night. No light could be seen with clouds covering the moon.

Accepted Answer

This is an example of mood.

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