Figures of Speech
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following sentences is a personification?
The dictionary is like a bankbook that guides us in use of the words and their meanings.
The moon is like a flower in heaven's high bower.
With silent delight, the moon sits and smiles in the night.
My turtle is a tidy boy.
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CCSS.L.6.5A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
What figure of speech is used in the sentence?
The airplane was swallowed by the thick clouds.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following statements is true about simile?
It is a comparison of two unlike objects using 'like' or 'as'.
It is a direct comparison of two unlike objects that have something in common.
It gives human qualities to animals, objects, and ideas.
It It does not use the words like or as.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
The following sentences are metaphors EXCEPT ____.
The sun is a ball of fire.
Her brother was a tower of strength during those hard times.
To be in the museum is to be at a time machine set back long time again.
The clouds are as white as cotton.
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CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following sentences is hyperbole?
The wind slapped my face like an old man.
The car eats lot of gas.
I am so excited I could die.
He puts himself away.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
It is the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
hyperbole
personification
metaphor
irony
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
The taxis roll along the avenue like spools of colored threads.
What figure of speech is this?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Irony
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
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