Figure of Speech

I'm so tired I could sleep a year.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Which of the following is an example of Personification?

• They blew the whistle loudly.

• The crowd cheered excitedly.

• The wind howled all night.

• Many people howled at the sight of the lion.

Which of the following is an example of Simile?

• An owl is a wise bird.

• As wise as owl.

• He is a wise person.

• They are wise to follow him.

What is Hyperbole?

• The consonant sounds are repeated.

• Non-living things given human qualities.

• Comparison of two things.

• It is a highly exaggerated statement.

The cloud is like a pillow in the in the sky.

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

"She is an early bird."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Which of the following is NOT a metaphor?

• The smoke was cotton balls billowing from the chimney.

• The stage was a canvass upon which the play was painted.

• The sun was a furnace.

• Don ate his salad like a vacuum cleaner.

Her lovely voice was music to his ears.

• Simile

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

As playful as a kitten.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

Don't be a Scrooge!

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Simile