Figures of Speech: Hyperbole and Irony

1. What figure of speech is shown below:

Robert was as white as a sheet after he walked out of the horror movie

• hyperbole

• irony

• metaphor

• simile

2. What figure of speech is shown below:

That kitchen knife will take a bite out of your hand if you don't handle it safely.

• hyperbole

• idiom

• irony

• personification

3. What figure of speech is shown below:

I've told you to clean your room a million times!

• hyperbole

• irony

• metaphor

• personification

4. What is the meaning of the figure of speech below in simple terms?

I've told you to clean your room a million times!

• She's going to give him millions of times.

• She'll just clean his room.

• She has told him a lot of times to clean his room.

• She's very angry.

6. What figure of speech is shown below:

"How nice!" she said when I told her I had to work all weekend.

• hyperbole

• idiom

• irony

• personification

6. Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• The thief is as slippery as an eel.

• The world is a stage.

• The car went faster than the speed of light.

• The thunder grumbled in the distance.

7. What does the figure of the speech below in simple terms mean?

The car went faster than the speed of light.

• The car is so slow.

• The car is very fast.

• The car is old.

• The car is for sale.

8. Which of the following figures of speech is an example of irony?

• We named our tiny Chihuahua "Johnny Bravo."

• My dog eats like a pig.

• The frog crept in the night.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

9. Which of the following examples is a simile with a hyperbole?

• The snowflakes danced with the wind.

• My grandfather is as wise as an owl.

• He's as skinny as a toothpick.

• Time is money.

10. Which of the following examples is an irony?

• If I can't buy that perfect prom dress, I'll die!

• That joke is so old, the last time I heard it I was riding a dinosaur.

• His new car cost a bazillion dollars.

• A traffic cop gets suspended for not paying his parking tickets.