6. Which sentence contains alliteration?

b. Peter picked purple pumpkins

b. An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis

17. Which phrase is an example of imagery?

a. The sweet, warm cookies filled the kitchen with their buttery aroma

19. Which sentence contains irony?

a. The dentist had terrible teeth

9. What is symbolism?

c. Using an object to represent an idea

15. Which sentence contains symbolism?

b. The white dove represented peace

16. What is personification?

c. Giving human qualities to non-human things

a. Words that create mental pictures

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10. Which sentence contains a metaphor?
d. The scary roller coaster
b. Life is a roller coaster
a. Life is like a roller coaster
c. The roller coaster went up and down
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6. Which sentence contains alliteration?
d. Time flies when you're having fun
a. The cat meowed softly
b. Peter picked purple pumpkins
c. The sun was blazing hot.
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5. In the sentence, "The old car coughed and sputtered before dying," what literary device is used?
a. Imagery
d. Personification
c. Alliteration
b. Onomatopoeia
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What is a hyperbole?
b. An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis
a. A comparison using "like" or "as"
c. The repetition of consonant sounds
d. When an object represents something else
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14. In "The cruel waves crashed against the shore," what literary device is used?
c. Alliteration
a. Imagery
d. Hyperbole
b. Metaphor
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17. Which phrase is an example of imagery?
d. Crash! Bang! Boom!
c. Time is money
b. The slithering snake
a. The sweet, warm cookies filled the kitchen with their buttery aroma
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19. Which sentence contains irony?
b. The rain fell heavily
c. The dog barked loudly
d. The sun was bright
a. The dentist had terrible teeth
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13. What type of literary device describes something by comparing it to something else using "like" or "as"?
c. Alliteration
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
d. Hyperbole
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18. In "The serious slithering snake slurped a slushie," what literary device is used?
c. Alliteration
d. Symbolism
a. Imagery
b. Metaphor
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9. What is symbolism?
d. An obvious exaggeration
c. Using an object to represent an idea
a. The repetition of consonant sounds
b. A direct comparison between unlike things
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4. What literary device is used when words imitate the sound they represent?
b. Onomatopoeia
c. Alliteration
a. Imagery
d. Hyperbole
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3. Which of the following is an example of a simile?
d. The flowers danced in the breeze
b. Her heart was made of stone
a. The thunder boomed loudly
c. She ran like the wind
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11. In "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse," what literary device is used?
b. simile
c. hyperbole
a. metaphor
d. personification
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20. What type of literary device is used in "The autumn leaves were golden coins"?
a. Simile
b. personification
c. irony
d. metaphor
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In the phrase "the wind whispered through the trees," what literary device is being used?
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Symbolism
Alliteration
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12. Which is an example of onomatopoeia?
d. The tree was a giant
c. Buzz, hiss, crash
a. The bright, warm sunshine
b. Sally sells seashells
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8. Which is an example of irony?
d. The baby cried loudly
c. The moon was a silver disk
b. A fire station burning down
a. The leaves danced in the wind
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15. Which sentence contains symbolism?
d. Bang! The door slammed shut
a. The wind howled through the night
b. The white dove represented peace
c. She was as quiet as a mousee
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16. What is personification?
d. An extreme exaggeration
c. Giving human qualities to non-human things
a. A comparison using like or as
b. Words that sound like their meaning
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7. What is imagery?
c. Words that mean the opposite.
d. Words that compare two things
b. Words that sound like their meaning
a. Words that create mental pictures

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