Figures of Speech Quiz

What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'time flies'?

• metaphor

• time runs

• time stands still

• time crawls

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'His words cut like a knife.'

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In the phrase 'quiet as a mouse', what figure of speech is being used?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

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 world is a stage'?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'She is a shining star.'

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'raining cats and dogs'?

• idiom

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

In the sentence 'The sun smiled down on us', what figure of speech is being used?

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Identify the figure of speech in the phrase 'butterflies in my stomach'.

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

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 'His words were music to my ears'?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In the phrase 'time is a thief', what figure of speech is being used?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D