Figures of speech Grade 6

'These walls have ears'

This sentence is an example of :

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

'I am so hungry that I can eat a horse'

This sentence is an example of:

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

Mike is like a bear

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Using the term 'passed away' is an example of:

• hyperbole

• euphemism

• irony

• pun

'He is a night owl'

This is an example of:

• simile

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

We use this to emphasize the importance or exaggerate something.

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• irony

• sarcasm

The words "like" and "as" typically appear in a...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Her eyes were darting torches. What figure of speech is used in the sentence?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

This is an example of:

• pun

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• pun

This picture is an example of:

• personification

• hyperbole

• irony

• sarcasm