Figures of Speech

Which figure of speech is used in the sentence 'He is as brave as a lion'?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In the sentence 'The world is a stage', what figure of speech is being used?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What figure of speech is present in the sentence 'The flowers danced in the gentle breeze'?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'I am so hungry, I could eat a horse'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which figure of speech is used in the sentence 'The thunder roared angrily'?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In the sentence 'The wind whispered through the trees', what figure of speech is being used?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'She is as busy as a bee'?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What figure of speech is present in the sentence 'The alarm clock screamed at me to wake up'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which figure of speech is used in the sentence 'It's raining cats and dogs'?

• Simile (Metaphor)

• Idiom (Hyperbole)

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A