Figures of Speech Quiz

What figure of speech is used in the sentence 'The sun smiled down on us'?

• The moon laughed at us

• The stars whispered to us

• Personification

• The clouds danced above us

Identify the literary device in the phrase 'busy as a bee'.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

In the sentence 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers', what literary device is being used?

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

What type of literary device is present in the sentence 'She sells seashells by the seashore'?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Which figure of speech is exemplified in the sentence 'The wind whispered through the trees'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

What literary device is used in the sentence 'The world is a stage'?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'Time flies when you're having fun'.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

In the phrase 'like a bolt out of the blue', what literary device is being used?

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

What type of literary device is present in the sentence 'The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky'?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'The raging storm angrily pounded the shore'.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole