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Figures of Speech

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A deviation from the ordinary use of words in order to increase their effectiveness.

a)

Parts of Speech

b)

Figures of Speech 

c)

Idioms 

d)

None of the above 

2.

Non-living things,  abstract ideas or qualities are mentioned as humans or living things.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Idioms 

c)

Personification 

d)

Apostrophe 

3.

An (a)   is when two words are used together in a sentence but they seem to be in contrast with each other.

4.

Which idiom goes the best with this sentence?

I have a problem.

a)

I'm getting a hatI

b)

I'm in a pickle

c)

Don't put all of your eggs in one basket

5.
Meow, where's my milk, cried the cat is an example of?
a)
Litotes
b)
Simile
c)
Anticlimax
d)
Onomatopoeia
6.

Identify the figure of speech used in the sentence. 

Ms. Leni Robredo made a fiery speech.

a)

Simile 

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole 

d)

Personification 

7.

The writer mentions the absent or inanimate objects as alive and writes about them.

a)

Apostophe 

b)

Personification 

c)

Oxymoron 

d)

Anaphora 

8.

When many phrases or verses start with the same word.

a)

Consonance 

b)

Assonance 

c)

Anaphora

d)

Alliteration 

9.

When a part of something is used to refer to the whole. 

a)

Metonymy 

b)

Synecdoche 

c)

Allusion 

d)

Apostrophe 

10.
What figure of speech is being asked? "Have you read Shakespeare? "
a)
Simile
b)
Irony
c)
Metonymy
d)
Metaphor