Figures of Speech

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.

What figure of speech is used in the sentence?

The airplane was swallowed by the thick clouds.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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.

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.

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.

It is the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• irony

The taxis roll along the avenue like spools of colored threads.

What figure of speech is this?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Irony

Which of the following is an irony?

• An army of fleas attacked the dog.

• This food is so delicious I don't want to eat it ever again.

• The kettle sings as it sits on the stove.

• You are my only sunshine.

Complete the simile

The angry boy ________________________.

• sings like a nightingale.

• wiggles like a worm on the dance floor.

• is as busy as a bee.

• growls like a lion.

Complete the metaphor.

Her teeth are ____________________.

• strong as a tiger

• shiny white diamond

• deep as the ocean

• sharp knife