# Literary devices

> alliteration; onomatopoeia; hyperbole; imagery

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- Subject: Reading & writing
- Level: Grade 7
- Practice: 16
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## Questions

1. Which phrase is an example of alliteration? (A snake hissed loudly / Silly snakes slither slowly / Snakes are like ropes / The snake was very long)
   Answer: Silly snakes slither slowly
2. What is alliteration? (Comparing two things with like or as / Exaggerating for effect / Repeating the same starting sound in nearby words / Using words that imitate sounds)
   Answer: Repeating the same starting sound in nearby words
3. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of alliteration.
   Answer: True
4. Which word is an example of onomatopoeia? (Buzz / Happy / Quickly / Under)
   Answer: Buzz
5. In "The door creaked and the floor squeaked," which words are onomatopoeia? (The and and / creaked and squeaked / door and creaked / door and floor)
   Answer: creaked and squeaked
6. Which line contains both alliteration and onomatopoeia? (A swarm of bees flew / Bees make honey daily / The bees buzzed busily / The bees were busy)
   Answer: The bees buzzed busily
7. Onomatopoeia is when a word's sound imitates the sound it describes.
   Answer: True
8. Which sentence uses hyperbole? (I told you twice to tidy up. / I've told you a million times to tidy up! / The room was tidy. / Tidy up, please, before dinner.)
   Answer: I've told you a million times to tidy up!
9. What is the purpose of hyperbole? (To give exact facts / To make the reader hear a sound / To repeat a starting letter / To stress a point through obvious exaggeration)
   Answer: To stress a point through obvious exaggeration
10. Name the device: "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."
   Answer: Hyperbole
11. Hyperbole and lying are the same, because both say things that are untrue.
   Answer: False
12. What is imagery in writing? (A list of pictures in a book / A very long exaggeration / Descriptive language that appeals to the senses / Words that start with the same letter)
   Answer: Descriptive language that appeals to the senses
13. Which sense does "the sharp tang of lemon on my tongue" mainly appeal to? (Hearing / Sight / Taste / Touch)
   Answer: Taste
14. Which sense is used in: "the velvety, warm fur brushed my cheek"?
   Answer: Touch
15. Which line is the best example of visual imagery? (Golden light spilled across the rippling lake. / I went to the lake. / Lakes are bodies of water. / The lake was nice.)
   Answer: Golden light spilled across the rippling lake.
16. Which two senses: "the soft hum of the fridge and the sharp smell of pine"?
   Answer: Hearing and smell