Literary Devices Quiz: Can You Identify the Figures of Speech?

Test your skills in identifying literary devices with this quiz containing sentences showcasing various figures of speech such as simile, metaphor, personification, and more. Each sentence challenges you to determine the type of figure of speech used, providing an engaging way to enhance your understanding of literary techniques.

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1. POP QUIZ

2. 1 My love is like a red, red rose. Answer Choices: A. Allusion B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Personification E. Imagery F. Foreshadowing G. Irony

3. Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net. 2 Answer Choices: A. Allusion B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Personification E. Imagery F. Foreshadowing G. Irony

4. Snow speaks to the people; its falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air. 3 Answer Choices: A. Allusion B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Personification E. Imagery F. Foreshadowing G. Irony

5. The baby was as snug as a bug in a rug. 4 Answer Choices: A. Allusion B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Personification E. Imagery F. Foreshadowing G. Irony

6. In the film and book Charlottes Web, Charlotte explains to Wilbur that all living things eventually die. Charlotte then has to spin a web to save Wilbur s life. In the process of spinning her web, Charlotte expends all her energy and dies. 5 Answer Choices: A. Allusion B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Personification E. Imagery F. Foreshadowing G. Irony

7. You break a date with your girlfriend so you can go to the ball game with the guys. When you go to the concession stand, you run into your girl, who is with another guy. 6 Answer Choices: A. Allusion B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Personification E. Imagery F. Foreshadowing G. Irony

8. In Lemony Snicket, most of the inhabitants of the island on which the Baudelaires find themselves in The End are characters from The Tempest, a play by William Shakespeare. 7 Answer Choices: A. Allusion B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Personification E. Imagery F. Foreshadowing G. Irony

9. Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joes boots broke the forest s silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket. 8 Answer Choices: A. Allusion B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Personification E. Imagery F. Foreshadowing G. Irony

10. But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill. -WILLIAM SHARP 9 Answer Choices: A. Allusion B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Personification E. Imagery F. Foreshadowing G. Irony

11. A woman is going to break up with her boyfriend; meanwhile, he s buying her a diamond ring and planning his marriage proposal. 10 Answer Choices: A. Allusion B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Personification E. Imagery F. Foreshadowing G. Irony

12. ANEMERALDISASGREENASGRASS, A RUBYREDASBLOOD; A SAPPHIRESHINESASBLUEASHEAVEN; A FLINTLIESINTHEMUD. 11 Answer Choices: A. Allusion B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Personification E. Imagery F. Foreshadowing G. Irony

13. 12 THISQUIZISAPIECEOFCAKE. Answer Choices: A. Allusion B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Personification E. Imagery F. Foreshadowing G. Irony

14. Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, sighing, through all her works, gave signs of woe. 13 - JOHN MILTON Answer Choices: A. Allusion B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Personification E. Imagery F. Foreshadowing G. Irony

15. Christy didn't like to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except the bare necessities. 14 Answer Choices: A. Allusion B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Personification E. Imagery F. Foreshadowing G. Irony

16. FOG 15 THEFOGCOMES ONLITTLECATFEET. ITSITSLOOKING OVERHARBORANDCITY ONSILENTHAUNCHES ANDTHENMOVESON. Answer Choices: A. Allusion B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Personification E. Imagery F. Foreshadowing G. Irony

17. While camping, a person is talking about how there are no bears in the area. Meanwhile, a bear is standing right behind him. 16 Answer Choices: A. Allusion B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Personification E. Imagery F. Foreshadowing G. Irony

18. When the woman kept changing the subject I knew she had something to hide. I wasn t surprised when she turned out to be guilty. 17 Answer Choices: A. Allusion B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Personification E. Imagery F. Foreshadowing G. Irony

19. Only the daisy trees were serene they ignored the men and continued to rock the diamondbacks that slept in their arms. It took the river to persuade them that indeed the world was altered. (TONI MORRISON, TAR BABY) 18 Answer Choices: A. Allusion B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Personification E. Imagery F. Foreshadowing G. Irony

20. I smelled the warm, sweet, all-pervasive smell of silage, as well as the sour dirty laundry spilling over the basket in the hall. I could pick out the acrid smell of Claire s drenched diaper, her sweaty feet, and her hair crusted with sand. 19 Answer Choices: A. Allusion B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Personification E. Imagery F. Foreshadowing G. Irony

21. The water beckoned invitingly to the hot swimmers. 20 Answer Choices: A. Allusion B. Simile C. Metaphor D. Personification E. Imagery F. Foreshadowing G. Irony

22. ANSWERS 1. Simile 2. Metaphor 3. Personification 4. Simile 5. Foreshadowing (and Irony) 6. Irony 7. Allusion 8. Imagery 9. Metaphor 10. Irony 11. Simile 12. Metaphor 13. Personification 14. Allusion 15. Personification 16. Irony 17. Foreshadowing 18. Personification 19. Imagery 20. Personification