Do You Know Your Literary Devices Flashcards

1

Actions speak louder than words.

simile
idiom
personification
hyperbole

2

She is the apple of her father's eye.

hyperbole
metaphor
personification
allusion

3

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

alliteration
allusion
simile
idiom

4

Don't cry over spilled milk.

idiom
hyperbole
personification
metaphor

5

She's as busy as a bee.

simile
hyperbole
personification
metaphor

6

Chocolate is my Achille's heel.

alliteration
allusion
metaphor
idiom

7

My computer throws a fit every time I try to use it.

hyperbole
simile
metaphor
personification

8

My purse weighs a ton!

simile
metaphor
allusion
hyperbole

9

He drowned in a sea of grief.

personification
alliteration
allusion
metaphor

10

She never knew opportunity was knocking on her door.

simile
hyperbole
personification
metaphor

11

He sleeps like the dead.

metaphor
personification
simile
allusion

12

I'm sick as a dog!

idiom
hyperbole
allusion
metaphor

13

Dave has the Midas touch.

personification
metaphor
allusion
idiom

14

Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

alliteration
allusion
idiom
simile

15

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

metaphor
simile
personification
hyperbole

Do You Know Your Literary Devices

Questions 15

Do You Know Your Literary Devices

Questions 15