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Figurative Language - Literary Devices
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1
Name the
Literary Device
:
He was a real Romeo with the ladies.
Alliteration
Allusion
2
The plot is the...
events in a story
ending of a story
people in a story
time and place of a story
3
Name the
Literary Device
:
Hold your horses!
Hyperbole
Idiom
4
Compares one thing to another using like or as.
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Hyperbole
5
Name the
Literary Device
: T
he wind howled through out the night.
Allusion
Personification
Imagery
Hyperbole
6
The time and place of a story is...
the characters
the theme
the setting
the plot
7
What words create
alliteration
?
The gentle giant jumped for joy when the surprise party began.
Jumped & joy
Gentle & joy
Gentle, giant, jumped & joy
Gentle & giant
8
Name the
Literary Device
:
The ivy wove its fingers around the fence.
Idiom
Alliteration
Personification
Hyperbole
9
Name the
Literary Device
:
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers...
Alliteration
Allusion
10
A series of words that begin with the same letter or have the same sound.
Allusion
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
11
To tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of something or someone.
Engage
Determine
Courage
Describe
12
Name the
Literary Device
:
She sells seashells by the seashore...
Alliteration
Allusion
13
A figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or event.
Allusion
Metaphor
Alliteration
Simile
14
Name the
Literary Device
:
Button your lip!
Idiom
Hyperbole
15
Select an example of a
hyperbole
?
"I'm on pins and needles!"
"Hold your horses!'
"I could sleep for a million years!"
"That was a piece of cake!"
16
Name the
Literary Device
:
The cactus saluted those who drove by.
Imagery
Personification
Idiom
Hyperbole
17
A person in a play, novel or film is a...
Carricter
Charachter
Character
Carracter
18
What words create
alliteration
?
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
Doubting, dreaming & dared
Doubting, dreaming, dreams, dared & dream
Dreaming, dreams & dared
Dreaming, dreams & dreams
19
Name the
Literary Device
:
I had a ton of chores.
Idiom
Hyperbole
20
Name the
Literary Device
: A saying that is not meant to be taken literally.
Allusion
Simile
Idiom
Hyperbole
21
Name the
Literary Device
:
The car is faster than the speed of light.
Idiom
Hyperbole
22
Name the
Literary Device
: Is used to create an image or picture in the mind of the reader.
Personification
Imagery
Idiom
Alliteration
23
Name the
Literary Device:
Traffic slowed to a crawl.
Imagery
Idiom
Hyperbole
Personification
24
What words create
alliteration
?
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;
entrance, visitor & chamber
entreating, chamber
entreating, entrance
entrance, chamber
25
Compares one thing to another
without
using like or as.
Metaphor
Alliteration
Idiom
Simile
26
Name the
Literary Device
:
The ship sank like the Titanic.
Alliteration
Allusion
27
What words create
alliteration
?
Her blue dress billowed on the blustery fall day.
blue, billowed & blustery
blue, dress, billowed
blue, dress & blustery
blustery, fall & day
28
Name the
Literary Device
:
I died laughing!
Hyperbole
Idiom
29
Name the
Literary Device
: Giving non-human things human like qualities and characteristics.
Personfication
Idiom
Allusion
Alliteration
30
What words create
alliteration
?
Polly noticed a pretty purple petal had fallen on the table.
Pretty & petal
Polly, pretty, purple & petal
Polly & purple
Polly, pretty & purple
31
Name the
Literary Device
: An obvious funny exaggeration used to add emphasis or humor.
Hyperbole
Idiom
Alliteration
Metaphor
32
Name the
Literary Device
:
Her eyes are a window to her soul.
Idiom
Simile
Metaphor
Allusion
33
Name the
Literary Device
:
I was surprised his nose didn't grow like Pinocchio he lied so much.
Alliteration
Allusion
34
Name the
Literary Device
:
You're a real Einstein.
Alliteration
Allusion
35
Name the
Literary Device
:
She swims like a fish!
Alliteration
Allusion
Simile
Metaphor
36
Name the
Literary Device
:
It's raining cats and dogs" is what type of literary device?
Idiom
Hyperbole
37
Name the
Literary Device
:
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is what type of literary device?
Idiom
Hyperbole
38
Name the
Literary Device
:
You're in hot water!
Hyperbole
Idiom
39
Name the
Literary Device
:
He's a real Einstein.
Allusion
Alliteration
