Junior Secondary · 8-9 · English Language Arts

Literary Devices

40 practice questions available.

What literary device compares two things using 'like' or 'as'?

Simile

What literary device compares two things by saying one IS the other, without using 'like' or 'as'?

Metaphor

What literary device gives human qualities to non-human things?

Personification

What do we call the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words, like 'Peter Piper picked'?

Alliteration

What do we call an exaggeration used for effect, like 'I've told you a million times'?

Hyperbole

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