Figures of Speech

The morning sun rose in the sky, like a golden ball lighting up the world.

• A) Metaphor
• B) Simile
• C) Personification
• D) Hyperbole

The teacher, who always tells us to be on time, arrived late to class today.

• A) Simile
• B) Metaphor
• C) Hyperbole
• D) Irony

The wind whispered secrets through the trees, making the leaves dance.

• A) Personification
• B) Hyperbole
• C) Apostrophe
• D) Oxymoron

I have told you a million times to stop leaving your shoes on the floor.

• A) Metonymy
• B) Hyperbole
• C) Alliteration
• D) Oxymoron

O moon, please shine brighter tonight, and guide me home safely.

• A) Simile
• B) Metaphor
• C) Apostrophe
• D) Paradox

Her sweet sorrow left a strange feeling in my heart.

• A) Irony
• B) Allusion
• C) Simile
• D) Oxymoron

He fought like a true Hercules, strong and determined.

• A) Allusion
• B) Metonymy
• C) Onomatopoeia
• D) Personification

The wind whispered softly through the trees, carrying secrets only the forest could understand.

• A) Hyperbole
• B) Metaphor
• C) Personification
• D) Oxymoron

It was a bittersweet moment when she realized her childhood dreams had been achieved but at the cost of her carefree innocence.

• A) Paradox
• B) Oxymoron
• C) Irony
• D) Metonymy

“O wind, why do you howl so loudly tonight, as if mourning something lost?”

• A) Apostrophe
• B) Oxymoron
• C) Paradox
• D) Onomatopoeia