Figures of Speech Quiz

The man did not sleep for one year while waiting for his wife to come home.

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

My dad has iron hands that could lift a ten-story building.

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An ambassador is a gentleman who lies abroad for the good of his country.

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Suddenly the room filled with a deafening silence.

• Pun

• Understatement

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Click the button to take the picture.

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

One must not bite the hand that rocks the cradle.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The goddess of Aphrodite is the phantom of delight.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My mother has a green thumb.

• Synecdoche

• Metonymy

• Apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May.

• Synecdoche

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Doubting dreaming dream no mortal ever dared to dream before.

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4