Literary Devices Application Quiz Builder

"The wind whispered through the trees." Which device is used?

• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Imagery

"Her smile was as bright as the sun." Which device is used?

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Symbolism

"The silky, silver streams slid softly downhill." Which device is used?

• Assonance
• Onomatopoeia
• Imagery
• Alliteration

"This is the best worst day I've ever had." Which device is used?

• Irony
• Paradox
• Hyperbole
• Oxymoron

A motif is a recurring image or idea, while a theme is the work's central message.

• True
• False

"The thunder grumbled and the door banged shut." Which device is used?

• Allusion
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Onomatopoeia

"I've told you a million times to clean your room." Which device is used?

• Paradox
• Verbal irony
• Imagery
• Hyperbole

A firefighter's house burning down is an example of which device?

• Situational irony
• Verbal irony
• Dramatic irony
• Satire

An oxymoron pairs two contradictory words, like 'deafening silence.'

• True
• False

A(n) ____ is a reference to a well-known person, event, or other work.

• motif
• symbolism
• paradox
• allusion

"The old house groaned as the storm shook its walls." Which device is used?

• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Imagery

A(n) ____ is the emotional feeling a text creates in the reader.

• Motif
• Mood
• Theme
• Tone

A paradox is a statement that seems contradictory but reveals a truth.

• True
• False

An audience knows the killer hides in the closet, but the character does not. Which device?

• Verbal irony
• Foreshadowing
• Dramatic irony
• Situational irony

"Time is a thief that steals our youth." Which device is used?

• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Symbolism