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Activity for Figures of Speech

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the figure of speech used below:


"You are like a doll."

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

e)

Allusion

2.

Identify the figure of speech used below:


"The marriage councilor filed for a divorce."

a)

Irony

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

e)

Allusion

3.

Identify the figure of speech used below:


"Your skin is the color of caramel."

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

e)

Allusion

4.

Identify the figure of speech used below:


"I would take thousands of bullet for you."

a)

Irony

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

e)

Allusion

5.

Identify the figure of speech used below:


"She is my Maria Clara."

a)

Irony

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

e)

Allusion

6.

Identify the figure of speech used below:


"You are a skyscraper."

a)

Irony

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

e)

Allusion

7.

Identify the figure of speech used below:


"The lawyer was sued."

a)

Irony

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

e)

Allusion

8.

Identify the figure of speech used below:


"I look like a prince."

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

e)

Allusion

9.

Identify the figure of speech used below:


"You are my Achilles' heel."

a)

Personification

b)

Irony

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

e)

Allusion

10.

Identify the figure of speech used below:


"Her smile brought me to outer space."

a)

Personification

b)

Irony

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

e)

Allusion

11.

Identify the figure of speech used below:


"Ricky raced on the rocky road."

a)

Euphemism

b)

Assonance

c)

Alliteration

d)

Antonomasia

e)

Allusion

12.

This part of speech give human characteristic to non human entities.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

e)

Allusion

13.

"Max's personality is as colorful as a box of crayons" is an example of...

a)

Irony

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Euphemism

e)

Allusion

14.

The words "like" and "as" typically appear in a...

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Euphemism

e)

Metaphor

15.

What is the figurative language used below?


"Rain races ,ripping and restless in it's rage"

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Assonance

c)

Alliteration

d)

Euphemism

e)

Anaphora

16.

What is the figure of speech called when words imitate and reproduce real-life sounds and actions?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Euphemism

e)

Allusion

17.

What is the figure of speech called when there is a repetition of the same or letter at the beginning of the word?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Euphemism

e)

Litotes

18.

What is the figure of speech used below?


"You are not tall."

a)

Personification

b)

Irony

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Euphemism

e)

Litotes

19.

What is the figure of speech used below?


"She is the Asia's Song Bird."

a)

Litotes

b)

Irony

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Simile

e)

Anaphora

20.

What is the figure of speech used below?


"You are my Hercules."

a)

Litotes

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Allusion

e)

Anaphora

21.

What is the figure of speech used below?


"A traffic cop gets suspended for not paying his parking tickets."

a)

Litotes

b)

Irony

c)

Euphemism

d)

Onomatopoeia

e)

Anaphora

22.

What is the figure of speech used below?


"Splat!"

a)

Anaphora

b)

Irony

c)

Euphemism

d)

Onomatopoeia

e)

Personification

23.

What is the figure of speech used below?


"The dog was a small giant."

a)

Antithesis

b)

Irony

c)

Litotes

d)

Oxymoron

e)

Paradox

24.

What is the figure of speech used below?


"Time is long, and Life is fleeting.”."

a)

Antithesis

b)

Irony

c)

Litotes

d)

Oxymoron

e)

Paradox

25.

What is the figure of speech used below?


"Walking is dreaming."

a)

Antithesis

b)

Irony

c)

Litotes

d)

Oxymoron

e)

Paradox

26.

What is the figure of speech used below?


"The train blew his horns loudly. "

a)

Metaphor

b)

Euphemism

c)

Allusion

d)

Simile

e)

Personification

27.

What is the figure of speech used below?


"The lunatic asylum is full. "

a)

Metaphor

b)

Euphemism

c)

Allusion

d)

Simile

e)

Personification

28.

What is the figure of speech used below?


"She has the eyes of Medusa. "

a)

Metaphor

b)

Euphemism

c)

Allusion

d)

Simile

e)

Personification

29.

What is the figure of speech used below?


"You look like a knight. "

a)

Metaphor

b)

Euphemism

c)

Allusion

d)

Simile

e)

Personification

30.

What is the figure of speech used below?


"The building's summit reaches the heavens. "

a)

Metaphor

b)

Euphemism

c)

Anaphora

d)

Hyperbole

e)

Personification

31.

What figure of speech uses the same letter sound at the beginning of a word/words in the sentence?

(a)  

32.

What figure of speech uses double negatives in a sentence?

(a)  

33.

What figure of speech has two contradicting words situated beside each other?

(a)  

34.

What figure of speech softens an insulting remark?

(a)  

35.

What figure of speech uses sounds in its statements?

(a)  

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