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Figures of Speech 9 ELite

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The blizzard swallowed the small town.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

2.

He's a diamond in the rough.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

3.

The stars blinked in the night sky.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

4.

My mom has a heart of gold.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

5.

The night was as black as coal.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

6.

My teacher is such a clown.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

7.

The waffle jumped out of the toaster.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

8.

They are as different as night and day.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

9.

The words just leaped right off the paper as she read.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

10.

She is a busy little bee.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

11.

The phone woke with a loud ring.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

12.

The wind whispered through the trees.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

13.

The ocean waves kissed the sand.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

14.

They fight like cats and dogs.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

15.

His voice is music to my ears.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

16.

'I am so hungry that I can eat a horse'

This sentence is an example of:

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

17.

Using the term 'passed away' is an example of:

a)

hyperbole

b)

euphemism

c)

irony

18.

We use (figure of speech) to emphasize the importance or overstate something.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

hyperbole

c)

irony

d)

sarcasm

19.

Define the figure of speech "Hyperbole".

a)

Is an understatement.

b)

A comparison between like and as.

c)

Two contrasting statements.

d)

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

20.

Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence.


"The facility of mentally - challenged people has been renovated."

a)

apostrophe

b)

euphemism

c)

hyperbole

d)

oxymoron