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FIGURE OF SPEECH

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the figure of speech called when you make a direct comparison without using the words 'like' or 'as'?

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Assonance

d)

Simile

e)

Metaphor

2.

What is the figure of speech called when you make a direct comparison using the words 'like' or 'as'?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Assonance

d)

Simile

e)

Metaphor

3.

What is the figure of speech called when you give an object human qualities?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Assonance

d)

Personification

e)

Metaphor

4.

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

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Assonance

d)

Personification

e)

Metaphor

5.

What is the figure of speech called when something is over-exaggerated, not meant to be taken literally?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Assonance

d)

Personification

e)

Metaphor

6.

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

a)

Personification

b)

Alliteration

c)

Assonance

d)

Simile

e)

Metaphor

7.

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:

The gushing wind blew through the trees.

a)

Simile

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

8.

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:

I am so hungry I can eat a mountain.

a)

Simile

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

9.

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:

That person runs like a road-runner.

a)

Simile

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

10.

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:

The ballerina was a swan, gliding across the stage.

a)

Simile

b)

Alliteration

c)

Assonance

d)

Metaphor

11.

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:

Pat planted the pretty pink poppies in the pot.

a)

Simile

b)

Alliteration

c)

Assonance

d)

Metaphor

12.

Which of the following BEST example of Personification?

a)

The leaves danced in the wind.

b)

My mother is a tiger in our house.

c)

We won a ton of cash.

d)

We received three emails.

13.

"The rich fields were the farmer’s treasure." is an example of...

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

14.

An example of alliteration is:

"Silently, softly the swans swam on the lake."

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Which of the following statement is a personification?

a)

The leaves whisper their secrets to one another.

b)

The sun is a ball of fire.

c)

His lips were as white as vinegar when he broke her mom’s favorite vase.

d)

The baby is as meek as a lamb.