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Figures of Speech Quiz - XII IPA 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'as brave as a lion'?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Simile

2.

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'Her eyes sparkled like diamonds.'

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomatopoeia

3.

What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'time is a thief'?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

4.

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'The world is a stage.'

a)

Metaphor

b)

The world is a tree

c)

The world is a computer

d)

The world is a book

5.

What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'the wind whispered through the trees'?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

6.

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'The flowers danced in the breeze.'

a)

The flowers slept in the breeze

b)

The flowers sang in the breeze

c)

The flowers laughed in the breeze

d)

Personification

7.

What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse'?

a)

Irony

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

8.

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'I have a million things to do.'

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Irony

d)

Hyperbole

9.

What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'the bees buzzed around the flowers'?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Onomatopoeia

10.

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'The thunder rumbled in the distance.'

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

11.

The man did not sleep for one year while waiting for his wife to come home.

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

12.

My dad is so strong that he can lift a ten-story building.

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

13.

Click the button to take the picture.

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Metaphor

14.

Princess Diana's sudden unexpected death was like a candle in the wind.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Onomatopoeia

15.

The wind wrapped its icy fingers around my body.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

16.

The article says that cholesterol is bad for your health.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

17.

By the use of "like" or "as" a poetry line can be classified as:

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

18.

Giving human characteristics to non human characters is an example of:

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomatopoeia

19.

"My life is a grey thread" is an example of:

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Hyperbole

20.

Writers use this to represent a sound or the actual sound of an object. This is:

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Hyperbole