Figures of Speech Quiz

Which figure of speech is used in the sentence: 'Her eyes are as blue as the ocean'?

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

What figure of speech is used in the sentence: 'I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse'?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Which figure of speech is used in the sentence: 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence: 'He drowned in a sea of grief.'

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

What figure of speech is used in the sentence: 'The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky'?

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Which figure of speech is used in the sentence: 'I'm as busy as a bee'?

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence: 'The thunder roared angrily.'

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

What figure of speech is used in the sentence: 'I have a million things to do'?

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

Which figure of speech is used in the sentence: 'She sells seashells by the seashore'?

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• personification