Part I: Literary Device

Instructions: Each statement contains a literary device.

Choose the best answer from the choices. Write the
NAME of the LITERARY DEVICE. 1 point each.
Question #1
"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
(Jane Taylor, "The Star," 1806)

Paradox
Metaphor
Apostrophe
Hyperbole
Question #2
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War
Room."
(Peter Sellers as President Merkin Muffley in Dr.
Strangelove, 1964)

Irony
Metaphor
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Question #3
"The streets were a furnace, the sun an executioner."
(Cynthia Ozick, "Rosa")

Hyperbole
Dialogue
Poetic Justice
Metaphor
Question #4
"Only the champion daisy trees were serene. After all,
they were part of a rain forest already two thousand
years old and scheduled for eternity, so they ignored
the men and continued to rock the diamondbacks..”
(Toni Morrison, Tar Baby, 1981)

Euphemism
Hyperbole
Personification
Poetic Justice
Question #5
"Without warning, Lionel gave one of his tight little
sneezes: it sounded like a bullet fired through a
silencer."
(Martin Amis, Lionel Asbo: State of England. Alfred A.
Knopf, 2012)Metaphor

Simile
Oxymoron
Paradox
Metaphor
Question #6
"You know life, life is rather like opening a tin of
sardines. We're all of us looking for the key."
(Alan Bennett, Beyond the Fringe, 1960)

Onomatopoeia
Paradox
Idiomatic Expression
Simile
Question #7
“I had so much homework last night that I needed a
pickup truck to carry all my books home!”

Dramatic Irony
Hyperbole
Paradox
Idiomatic Expression
Question #8
“The lazy grasshopper suffers a hungry winter because
he did not work hard like the ant to store up food.”

Paradox
Poetic Justice
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Question #9
“The child is father to the man.”

Paradox
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Poetic Justice
Question #10
"A moist young moon hung above the mist of a
neighboring meadow."

Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Apostrophe
Simile
 Part II: Literary Genre
Instructions: Identify the literary genre based on the
elements provided. 1 point each.
1.It is a make-believe story with historical facts.
2.The source of the content is reality. The characters may be
ordinary people and the setting is common but the story is not
based on facts.
3.It is a subcategory of folklore with exaggerated characters and
humorous events.
4.It is a story that aims to teach morality for children. It is often
composed of magical creatures too.
5.It is a creative story that incorporates technology in the plot.
6.It is an output of using the author’s own life story.
7.It is a type of non-fiction found in newspapers to express an
opinion.
8.It is a regional story that explains an origin of a concept.
9.It is a regional story that involves gods and goddesses.
10.It is a literary genre which is the most appropriate subject of
formal theory.
ANSWERS
Question #1
"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
(Jane Taylor, "The Star," 1806)

Paradox
Metaphor
Apostrophe
Hyperbole
Question #2
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War
Room."
(Peter Sellers as President Merkin Muffley in Dr.
Strangelove, 1964)

Irony
Metaphor
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Question #3
"The streets were a furnace, the sun an executioner."
(Cynthia Ozick, "Rosa")

Hyperbole
Dialogue
Poetic Justice
Metaphor
Question #4
"Only the champion daisy trees were serene. After all,
they were part of a rain forest already two thousand
years old and scheduled for eternity, so they ignored
the men and continued to rock the diamondbacks..”
(Toni Morrison, Tar Baby, 1981)

Euphemism
Hyperbole
Personification
Poetic Justice
Question #5
"Without warning, Lionel gave one of his tight little
sneezes: it sounded like a bullet fired through a
silencer."
(Martin Amis, Lionel Asbo: State of England. Alfred A.
Knopf, 2012)Metaphor

Simile
Oxymoron
Paradox
Metaphor
Question #6
"You know life, life is rather like opening a tin of
sardines. We're all of us looking for the key."
(Alan Bennett, Beyond the Fringe, 1960)

Onomatopoeia
Paradox
Idiomatic Expression
Simile
Question #7
“I had so much homework last night that I needed a
pickup truck to carry all my books home!”

Dramatic Irony
Hyperbole
Paradox
Idiomatic Expression
Question #8
“The lazy grasshopper suffers a hungry winter because
he did not work hard like the ant to store up food.”

Paradox
Poetic Justice
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Question #9
“The child is father to the man.”

Paradox
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Poetic Justice
Question #10
"A moist young moon hung above the mist of a
neighboring meadow."

Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Apostrophe
Simile
1.It is a make-believe story with historical facts.
2.The source of the content is reality. The characters may be
ordinary people and the setting is common but the story is not
based on facts.
3.It is a subcategory of folklore with exaggerated characters and
humorous events.
4.It is a story that aims to teach morality for children. It is often
composed of magical creatures too.
5.It is a creative story that incorporates technology in the plot.
6.It is an output of using the author’s own life story.
7.It is a type of non-fiction found in newspapers to express an
opinion.
8.It is a regional story that explains an origin of a concept.
9.It is a regional story that involves gods and goddesses.
10.It is a literary genre which is the most appropriate subject of
formal theory.
1.Historical Fiction
2.Realistic Fiction
3.Tall Tales
4.Fables
5.Science Fiction
6.Autobiography
7.Editorial
8.Legend
9.Mythology
10.Poetry