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FIGURES OF SPEECH

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Her face can launch a thousand ships.

a)

Smile

b)

Personification

c)

hyperbole

2.

The Lord is my shepherd.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

3.

The trees and flowers are dancing in her garden

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Alliteration

c)

Personification

4.

The big bad bear bored the baby bunnies by the bushes.

a)

Simile

b)

Assonance

c)

Alliteration

5.

The best part about music class is that you can bang on the drum.

a)

Assonance

b)

Alliteration

c)

Onomatopoeia

6.

"Hear the mellow wedding bells" - "The Bells" by Edgar Allen Poe

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Simile

7.

Simile is a direct comparison between two unlike things.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement to emphasize a point.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

She is as lovely as an angel.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

10.

is a figure of language when words that start with the same sound (not just the same letter) are used repeatedly in a phrase or sentence

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Alliteration

c)

Assonance