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Figurative Language - Literary Devices
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A series of words that begin with the same letter or have the same sound.
Alliteration
Metaphor
Allusion
Simile
2
Name the
Literary Device
:
Hold your horses!
Hyperbole
Idiom
3
Name the
Literary Device
:
She sells seashells by the seashore...
Allusion
Alliteration
4
What words create
alliteration
?
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
Doubting, dreaming, dreams, dared & dream
Doubting, dreaming & dared
Dreaming, dreams & dreams
Dreaming, dreams & dared
5
Name the
Literary Device
:
Button your lip!
Idiom
Hyperbole
6
What words create
alliteration
?
Polly noticed a pretty purple petal had fallen on the table.
Pretty & petal
Polly, pretty, purple & petal
Polly, pretty & purple
Polly & purple
7
Name the
Literary Device
:
You're in hot water!
Hyperbole
Idiom
8
What words create
alliteration
?
The gentle giant jumped for joy when the surprise party began.
Gentle & giant
Gentle & joy
Gentle, giant, jumped & joy
Jumped & joy
9
Compares one thing to another
without
using like or as.
Alliteration
Simile
Idiom
Metaphor
10
A person in a play, novel or film is a...
Carracter
Charachter
Character
Carricter
11
Name the
Literary Device
:
You're a real Einstein.
Allusion
Alliteration
12
Name the
Literary Device
: Is used to create an image or picture in the mind of the reader.
Alliteration
Imagery
Personification
Idiom
13
Name the
Literary Device
:
It's raining cats and dogs" is what type of literary device?
Hyperbole
Idiom
14
Name the
Literary Device
: An obvious funny exaggeration used to add emphasis or humor.
Idiom
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Alliteration
15
Compares one thing to another using like or as.
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Alliteration
16
The time and place of a story is...
the plot
the setting
the characters
the theme
17
Name the
Literary Device
:
The ship sank like the Titanic.
Alliteration
Allusion
18
Name the
Literary Device
:
The cactus saluted those who drove by.
Imagery
Hyperbole
Personification
Idiom
19
Name the
Literary Device
:
Her eyes are a window to her soul.
Metaphor
Idiom
Simile
Allusion
20
What words create
alliteration
?
Her blue dress billowed on the blustery fall day.
blue, dress & blustery
blue, dress, billowed
blue, billowed & blustery
blustery, fall & day
21
What words create
alliteration
?
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;
entreating, entrance
entrance, visitor & chamber
entreating, chamber
entrance, chamber
22
Name the
Literary Device
: A saying that is not meant to be taken literally.
Allusion
Idiom
Hyperbole
Simile
23
Name the
Literary Device
:
I was surprised his nose didn't grow like Pinocchio he lied so much.
Alliteration
Allusion
24
Name the
Literary Device
:
The car is faster than the speed of light.
Hyperbole
Idiom
25
Name the
Literary Device
: Giving non-human things human like qualities and characteristics.
Idiom
Allusion
Alliteration
Personfication
26
Name the
Literary Device
:
He was a real Romeo with the ladies.
Alliteration
Allusion
27
Name the
Literary Device
:
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is what type of literary device?
Hyperbole
Idiom
28
The plot is the...
events in a story
people in a story
time and place of a story
ending of a story
29
A figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or event.
Simile
Alliteration
Metaphor
Allusion
30
Name the
Literary Device
: T
he wind howled through out the night.
Allusion
Personification
Imagery
Hyperbole
31
Name the
Literary Device
:
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers...
Allusion
Alliteration
32
Name the
Literary Device
:
I had a ton of chores.
Hyperbole
Idiom
33
Select an example of a
hyperbole
?
"I could sleep for a million years!"
"I'm on pins and needles!"
"Hold your horses!'
"That was a piece of cake!"
34
To tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of something or someone.
Engage
Determine
Courage
Describe
35
Name the
Literary Device
:
He's a real Einstein.
Allusion
Alliteration
36
Name the
Literary Device
:
I died laughing!
Hyperbole
Idiom
37
Name the
Literary Device:
Traffic slowed to a crawl.
Imagery
Hyperbole
Personification
Idiom
38
Name the
Literary Device
:
She swims like a fish!
Alliteration
Allusion
Metaphor
Simile
39
Name the
Literary Device
:
The ivy wove its fingers around the fence.
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Idiom
Personification
