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Literary Devices!
Literary Devices!
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A quick and easy review of literary elements
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"This house is a prison!" exclaimed Will Ferrell. What device was he using to make his point?
simile
He was just being dramatic
Metaphor
hyperbole
2
The skunk thought the stump stunk is an example of what?
onomatopoeia
alliteration
simile
metaphor
3
I am as hungry as a wolf is an example of which device?
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
4
"Freddie is a pig when he eats," is an example of a ....
alliteration
metaphor
personification
simile
5
"Her eyes sparkled like the stars" is an example of what device?
simile
metaphor
idiom
hyperbole
6
My car’s headlights
winked
at me.This a great example of what device?
idiom
oxymoron
allusion
Personification
7
"Betty Botter bought some butter, but, she said, the butter’s bitter," is an example of what?
Alliteration
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
8
Lightning danced across the sky and the wind howled in the night is what device?
simile
hyperbole
great writing
Personification
9
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers is an example of..
personfication
hyperbole
alliteration
idiom
10
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees.
Identify the device used
simile
hyperbole
idiom
metaphor
11
An exaggeration could also be called a what?
hyperbole
funny
joke
metaphor
12
Language that causes people to imagine pictures in their mind is called what?
imagery
idiom
personification
imaginary
13
When Will Ferrell says, "Whoop, there it is! What type of figurative language is he using?
onomatopoeia
idiom
A simile
metaphor
14
In Transformers the vehicles are able to talk and express feelings just like people. This is ..
allusion
personification
simile
oxymoron
15
“
Creeeak!
Mona’s knee was beginning to give out. She had been posing for this artist for hours!”
onomatopoeia
allusion
personification
simile
16
What is it called when you give human qualities to an object or animal ?
personification
irony
simile
imagery
17
Your teeth are like stars. They come out at night. They come back at dawn. When they’re ready to bite.
Mother Goose
children's poem
simile
metaphor
18
My house is a friend who protects me. This is an example of a.....
allusion
delusion
metaphor
oxymoron
19
If I repeat the same sound over and over in a sentence I might be....
metaphor
idiom
hyperbole
alliteration
20
The image is an example of what device?
hyperbole
drama
personification
simile
21
I use "like" or "as" to compare two different things so I must be a ......
simile
imagery
metaphor
literary device
22
She walked along the bright, green ,dewy grass and smelled the fragrant roses...is what device?
imagination
spring
personification
imagery
23
Prayer is powerful... This is an example of which device?
personification
metaphor
alliteration
Catholicism
24
Figurative language is defined as what?
Red and yellow
Language in which literary devices such as metaphors occur.
words written for effect and emphasis
fun language only teachers use
25
"Snap ! Crackle! Pop! from the infamous Rice Krispies commercials is an example of ..
simile
great humor in a commercial
onomatopoeia
personification
26
Those rapping hamsters that drive the Kia Soul is an example of what device?
hyperbole
pure insanity
personification
Why drive a Soul when you can drive a Jeep
27
Good imagery in writing usually involves what senses?
all of the above
sound/smell
taste/touch
sight
28
Buzzzzz............Creak! Crack ! Squeak! OWWWWWW! are examples of....
Onomatopoeia
metaphors
Funny sounds
simile
29
“Her dark, straight
hair
was
as
heavy
as
a
wool blanket
in the afternoon heat,” is an example of..
onomatopoeia
imagery
simile
personification
30
“Her
smile
was a twisted
serpent
.” This is a great ............
simile
personification
metaphor
hyperbole
31
C
ruel
k
indness is an example of what device?
alliteration
metaphor
imagery
simile
32
Tony talks too much in Mrs. Turchio's reading class, is an example of...
alliteration
Onomatopoeia
figurative language
simile
33
Alexis is like "Mother Teresa." She is always helping others. Example of ....
metaphor
reference
simile
great Christian attitude