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WorksheetsFIGURE OF SPEECH
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is the figure of speech called when you make a direct comparison without using the words 'like' or 'as'?
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Simile
Metaphor
What is the figure of speech called when you make a direct comparison using the words 'like' or 'as'?
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Simile
Metaphor
What is the figure of speech called when you give an object human qualities?
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Personification
Metaphor
What is the figure of speech called when words imitate and reproduce real-life sounds and actions?
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Personification
Metaphor
What is the figure of speech called when something is over-exaggerated, not meant to be taken literally?
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Personification
Metaphor
What is the figure of speech called when there is a repetition of the same consonant letter at the beginning of the word?
Personification
Alliteration
Assonance
Simile
Metaphor
Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:
The gushing wind blew through the trees.
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Personification
Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:
I am so hungry I can eat a mountain.
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Personification
Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:
That person runs like a road-runner.
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Personification
Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:
The ballerina was a swan, gliding across the stage.
Simile
Alliteration
Assonance
Metaphor
Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:
Pat planted the pretty pink poppies in the pot.
Simile
Alliteration
Assonance
Metaphor
Which of the following BEST example of Personification?
The leaves danced in the wind.
My mother is a tiger in our house.
We won a ton of cash.
We received three emails.
"The rich fields were the farmer’s treasure." is an example of...
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
An example of alliteration is:
"Silently, softly the swans swam on the lake."
True
False
Which of the following statement is a personification?
The leaves whisper their secrets to one another.
The sun is a ball of fire.
His lips were as white as vinegar when he broke her mom’s favorite vase.
The baby is as meek as a lamb.
