Literary Devices Quiz

ELA 8

  • 1. Metaphor
  • 2. Simile
  • 3. Onomatopoeia
  • 4. Personification
  • 5. Idiom
  • 6. Hyperbole
  • 7. Oxymoron
  • a. Compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'. ex; she swam like a fish.
  • b. A sentence or phrase with two opposite or contradicting words. ex; The chair is pretty ugly.
  • c. Assigning human qualities to something that is not human. ex; The trees danced in the wind.
  • d. A word that sounds like what it describes. ex; The water splashed when I jumped in.
  • e. An exaggerated statement. ex; They were dying of laughter.
  • f. A group of words that has a different meaning from the literal meaning. ex; Break a leg.
  • g. Compares two different things. ex; Jim is a giraffe.
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Literary Devices Quiz (Answer Key)

ELA 8

  • g 1. Metaphor
  • a 2. Simile
  • d 3. Onomatopoeia
  • c 4. Personification
  • f 5. Idiom
  • e 6. Hyperbole
  • b 7. Oxymoron
  • a. Compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'. ex; she swam like a fish.
  • b. A sentence or phrase with two opposite or contradicting words. ex; The chair is pretty ugly.
  • c. Assigning human qualities to something that is not human. ex; The trees danced in the wind.
  • d. A word that sounds like what it describes. ex; The water splashed when I jumped in.
  • e. An exaggerated statement. ex; They were dying of laughter.
  • f. A group of words that has a different meaning from the literal meaning. ex; Break a leg.
  • g. Compares two different things. ex; Jim is a giraffe.

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