Figures of Speech

Identify the figures of speech used in each line.

"A poem is as tightly closed as an unfolding bud."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Identify the figures of speech used in each line.

"The days flew by quickly."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Identify the figures of speech used in each line.

"Their daughters are the gem of their family."

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Identify the figures of speech used in each line.

"The sudden kring kring of the bell made the lady scream."

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Identify the figures of speech used in each line.

"The wind kissed the girl's cheek while she was walking by."

• Irony

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Identify the figures of speech used in each line.

"Words spoken in anger are like sharp knives that can hurt really deeply."

• Irony

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Identify the figures of speech used in each line.

"How the bells tinkle! tinkle! tinkle! in the icy air of night."

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Irony

• Hyperbole

Identify the figures of speech used in each line.

"The worrier carried the whole world on his shoulders."

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Irony

• Hyperbole

Identify the figures of speech used in each line.

"My father is as busy as a bee."

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Irony

• Metaphor

Identify the figures of speech used in each line.

"Ribbit Ribbit said the little frog as I started to snip snip snip it."

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Irony

• Metaphor