Name:____________________
Fill in the Blank/ Identify the term that matches the definition.
1.__________ is a figure of speech where a nonhuman object is given human-like characteristics
or qualities.
2.__________ is a figure of speech where two unlike things are compared to each other *NOT
using the words like or as* to create vivid symbolism and imagery.
3.__________ is a figure of speech two unlike things are compared to each other *using the
words like or as* to create vivid symbolism and imagery.
4.__________ is a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration and cannot be taken literally.
5.__________ is a figure of speech that uses vivid and descriptive language to emphasize an idea
6.__________ is a figure of speech that creates a symbolic meaning
Identify the literary device that matches the example.
7. __________________
8. _________________
"On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before."
9. _________________ __
10. __________________
11. __________________
12. ______________
The sun setting is equivalent to the concept of death.
You have the memory of a wild elephant.
Justice is blind and, at times, deaf.
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players”
“a tangle of the sea smell and of weeds and damp, new-plowed earth, mingled”
Name:____________________
Fill-in-the-blank and create your own example of the literary device.
1. __________ is a figure of speech where a nonhuman object is given human-like
characteristics or qualities.
Example:_____________________________________________________________________.
2. __________ is a figure of speech where two unlike things are compared to each other *NOT
using the words like or as* to create vivid symbolism and imagery.
Example:_____________________________________________________________________.
3.__________ is a figure of speech two unlike things are compared to each other *using the
words like or as* to create vivid symbolism and imagery.
Example:_____________________________________________________________________.
4. __________ is a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration and cannot be taken literally.
Example:_____________________________________________________________________.
5.__________ is a figure of speech that uses vivid and descriptive language to emphasize an idea
Example:_____________________________________________________________________.
6.__________ is a figure of speech that creates a symbolic meaning that represents something
else.
Example:_____________________________________________________________________.
Name:____________________
Fill in the Blank:
Word Bank: Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Symbolism
Imagery
1.__________ is a figure of speech where a nonhuman object is given human-like characteristics
or qualities.
Example: The grass swayed in the wind.
2.__________ is a figure of speech where two unlike things are compared to each other *NOT
using the words like or as* to create vivid symbolism and imagery.
Example: In the play, she was on fire.
3.__________ is a figure of speech two unlike things are compared to each other *using the
words like or as* to create vivid symbolism and imagery.
Example: She was as fast as a cheetah.
4.__________ is a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration and cannot be taken literally.
Example: I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
5.__________ is a figure of speech that uses vivid and descriptive language to emphasize an
idea.
Example: The cookies smelled fresh and the taste of chocolate covered your taste buds.
6.__________ is a figure of speech that creates a symbolic meaning that represents something
else.
Example: The sun was setting in this lifetime.
Match the following literary devices to its example. The hint is underlined in the sentence.
7. Personification
8. Simile
9. Metaphor
10. Hyperbole
11. Symbolism
12. Imagery
The sun setting is equivalent to the concept of death.
"On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before."
You have the memory of a wild elephant.
Justice is blind and, at times, deaf.
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players”
“a tangle of the sea smell and of weeds and damp, new-plowed earth, mingled”
Answer Key
1. Personification
2. Metaphor
3. Simile
4. Hyperbole
5. Imagery
6. Symbolism
7. Personification - Justice is blind and, at times, deaf.
8. Simile - "On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before."
9. Metaphor - “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players”
10. Hyperbole - You have the memory of a wild elephant.
11. Symbolism - The sun setting is equivalent to the concept of death.
12. Imagery - “a tangle of the sea smell and of weeds and damp, new-plowed earth,
mingled”