Figures of Speech Quiz

What figure of speech is used in the sentence "Silly Sally sang a sad song"?

• Idiom

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Which figure of speech is exemplified by "Hold your horses"?

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

"Doing homework is like doing chores" is an example of what figure of speech?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

The sentence "The bathroom sink drip-drips, drip-drips" contains which figure of speech?

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

Identify the figure of speech used in "I have a ton of homework."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

"Streets are streams, cars are fish" is an example of which figure of speech?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

What figure of speech is demonstrated by the sentence "Her hair was as dark as night"?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Idiom

• Alliteration

The sentence "I'll finish washing dishes faster than you can blink" is an example of what figure of speech?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Which figure of speech is used in "The cookies begged me to eat them"?

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Alliteration

"Peter Piper picked a pickle pepper" is an example of which figure of speech?

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Simile

• Alliteration