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WorksheetsFigures of Speech Quiz - XII IPA 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'as brave as a lion'?
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'Her eyes sparkled like diamonds.'
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'time is a thief'?
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'The world is a stage.'
Metaphor
The world is a tree
The world is a computer
The world is a book
What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'the wind whispered through the trees'?
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'The flowers danced in the breeze.'
The flowers slept in the breeze
The flowers sang in the breeze
The flowers laughed in the breeze
Personification
What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse'?
Irony
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'I have a million things to do.'
Metaphor
Simile
Irony
Hyperbole
What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'the bees buzzed around the flowers'?
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'The thunder rumbled in the distance.'
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
The man did not sleep for one year while waiting for his wife to come home.
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
My dad is so strong that he can lift a ten-story building.
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Click the button to take the picture.
Personification
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Princess Diana's sudden unexpected death was like a candle in the wind.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
The wind wrapped its icy fingers around my body.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
The article says that cholesterol is bad for your health.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
By the use of "like" or "as" a poetry line can be classified as:
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Giving human characteristics to non human characters is an example of:
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
"My life is a grey thread" is an example of:
Metaphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Writers use this to represent a sound or the actual sound of an object. This is:
Simile
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
