Figures of Speech (Simile and Metaphor)

Front

What figure of speech is the statement: "This bedroom is a prison."? Options: idiom, metaphor, personification, simile.

Back

metaphor

Front

What are the two things being compared? This bedroom is a prison.

Back

bedroom and prison

Front

What figure of speech is the statement: "She sings like an angel"?

Back

simile

Front

What are the two things being compared? She sings like an angel.

Back

she and angel

Front

What figure of speech is the statement: "The tide waits for no man."?

Back

personification

Front

What is the inanimate object and human quality in the statement: "The tide waits for no man."?

Back

tide and waits

Front

What figure of speech is the statement: "All of his attempts end in smoke"?

Back

idiom

Front

end in smoke
All of his attempts end in smoke.

Back

failed

Front

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• He listened with a stone face.
• Be careful not to miss the boat.
• My car tends to give up on long hills.
• He eats like a gannet.

Back

He eats like a gannet.

Front

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?
- This is the last straw.
- Summer's healing rays.
- She's a brave soldier.
- It's like water off a duck's back.

Back

She's a brave soldier.