2nd Grade Literary Devices Quiz

Question 1

Which examples show a simile?

Accepted Answer

I felt as dead as a board.

Question 2

Which of these is an example of alliteration?

Accepted Answer

Pushy Penny put plenty of purple points on the pink paper.

Question 3

Which of the choices is an example of onomatopeia?

Accepted Answer

My dog grumbled when I came near his food bowl.

Question 4

This device shows the sound that an object makes in the text.

Accepted Answer

onomatopeia

Question 5

This device uses the same letter or sound repeatedly in a sentence or text.

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Question 6

How are a simile and metaphor similar?

Accepted Answer

They both compare two things

Question 7

Which examples show a simile?

Accepted Answer

Love is like a rose.

Question 8

Which example is a metaphor?

Accepted Answer

My face was a tomato when my mom yelled at me.

Question 9

What is the author's purpose for using literary devices?

Accepted Answer

To entertain to reader, To help the reader visualize while reading

Question 10

This device compares two things using "like" or "as."

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 11

Which literary devices are in the song "Firework"?

Accepted Answer

Only metaphors, Metaphor and onomatopeia

Question 12

This device compares things by saying something is something else.

Accepted Answer

Metaphor

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