5 Questions
What is the literary device that gives human traits to non-human things?
Personification
What is the literary device that uses a comparison to decide one thing to another using the words 'like' or 'as'?
Simile
What is the literary device that makes comparisons between two unrelated objects?
Metaphor
What is the literary device that exaggerates an idea to its extreme, not to be taken literally?
Hyperbole
What is the term for words that begin with the same sound and are placed together?
Alliteration
Study Notes
Figures of Speech
Personification
- Giving human traits to non-human things
- Example: "the sun smiles its warmth to us" (the sun cannot smile as it doesn't have a face or mouth)
Hyperbole
- Exaggerating an idea to its extreme, not to be taken literally
- Opposite of understatement
- Example: "she is going to die of embarrassment" (not meant to be taken literally)
Alliteration
- Placing words that begin with the same sound together
- Example: "philips feet"
Simile
- Uses "like" or "as" to compare one thing to another
- Example: "Harvey cry like a baby"
Idiom
- Deep words with a specific meaning
- Example: "break a leg" means "good luck"
Metaphor
- Makes comparisons between two unrelated objects
- Differents from simile (directive relationship with the verb "to be")
- Example: "she was a rock star at our last business presentation"
Test your knowledge of literary devices, including personification, hyperbole, alliteration, and simile, with examples and explanations.
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