figures of speech

Which of the choices is/are not an example of Onomatopiea?

• The buzzing bee flew away.

• The books fell on the table with a loud thump.

• I’ll die if he doesn’t ask me on a date.

• The rustling leaves kept me awake.

Which of the choices is/are not an example of Oxymoron?

• Open Secret

• Sweet Candy

• Alone together

• Darkest Night

Which of the choices is/are not an example of a Figures of Speech?

• Paradox

• Ambiguous

• Apostrophe

• Comma

“This poem is like a punch in the gut”

the phrase above is an example of what figures of speech?

• Paradox

• Simile

• Understatement

• Metonymy

It is a figure of speech in which two essentially dissimilar objects or concepts are expressly compared with one another through the use of “like” or “as.”

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Paradox

I am petals on the wind

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Which figure of speech is used in this sentence.

Leaving home for the first time was a bitter sweet moment for Sarah.

• personification

• repetition

• simile

• oxymoron

Her life was a rainbow of experiences.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Beep, beep goes the horn around the corner.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• oxymoron

• onomatopoeia

Which figure of speech is "smile girl smile, smile for me Jamaica"

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile