Figures of Speech
Instructions: Metaphors, similes, and more — can you identify these common figures of speech?
- 1.
What figure of speech is used in: 'She is as brave as a lion'?
APersonificationBSimileCMetaphorDHyperbole - 2.
What figure of speech is used in: 'Time is money'?
ASimileBIronyCMetaphorDHyperbole - 3.
What figure of speech is used in: 'I've told you a million times'?
ASimileBUnderstatementCMetaphorDHyperbole - 4.
What figure of speech is used in: 'The wind whispered through the trees'?
ASimileBPersonificationCOxymoronDPun - 5.
Which of these is an example of onomatopoeia?
AThe cat went hiss and scratchBLife is a journeyCThe stars danced in the skyDJumbo shrimp - 6.
Which of these is an example of alliteration?
AShe sells seashells by the seashoreBBreak a legCIt was the best of times, it was the worst of timesDThe plot thickens - 7.
What figure of speech is 'deafening silence'?
AOxymoronBHyperboleCSimileDAlliteration - 8.
A fire station burns down. What figure of speech does this situation represent?
AIronyBPersonificationCMetaphorDHyperbole - 9.
What figure of speech is 'break a leg' (meaning good luck)?
AHyperboleBIdiomCOxymoronDSimile - 10.
What figure of speech is used in: 'He passed away last night' instead of 'He died'?
ASimileBEuphemismCMetaphorDIrony - 11.
What figure of speech is used in: 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse'?
ASimileBPersonificationCMetaphorDHyperbole - 12.
Which of these is an example of a pun?
AThe thunder roaredBHe was as cold as iceCTime flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a bananaDThe world is a stage - 13.
What figure of speech is used in: 'Love is like a battlefield'?
AMetaphorBEuphemismCPersonificationDAnalogy - 14.
What figure of speech is: 'It's just a scratch' (said about a large dent in a car)?
AEuphemismBHyperboleCIronyDUnderstatement - 15.
What figure of speech is: 'Can't you do anything right?'
ARhetorical questionBIronyCPunDCliche