Basic Figures of Speech

What is a metaphor?

• A metaphor is a type of poem.

• A metaphor is a form of visual art.

• A metaphor is a mathematical equation.

• A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying one thing is another thing.

Which figure of speech compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

What is personification?

• Personification is a type of painting technique.

• Personification is a figure of speech.

• Personification is a form of dance.

• Personification is a type of mathematical equation.

Which figure of speech exaggerates or overstates something for emphasis?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• understatement

• irony

What is alliteration?

• Repetition of the same sound or letter at the end of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Repetition of different sounds or letters at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Repetition of the same sound or letter at the end of words in a sentence.

• Repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Which figure of speech repeats the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words?

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• rhyme

Give an example of a metaphor.

• Time is money.

• The world is a stage.

• Life is a rollercoaster.

• Love is a battlefield.

Give an example of a simile.

• Her smile is like sunshine.

• The water is as clear as crystal.

• His laugh is like a thunderstorm.

• Their love is a rose.

Give an example of personification.

• The sun is smiling down on us.

• The river danced over the rocks.

• The flowers waved hello in the breeze.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

Give an example of hyperbole.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• I'm so tired I couldn't sleep.

• I'm so full I could explode.

• I'm so angry I could punch a wall.