Figures of Speech

Multiple Choice

“Baby, you’re a firework / C’mon show ‘em what you’re worth”

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

The blizzard swallowed the small town.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

He's a diamond in the rough.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Multiple Select

This figure of speech make a direct comparison using two unlike things.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

This part of speech give human characteristic to non human entities.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

These parts of speech uses words or phrases to contradict themselves.

• simile/metaphor

• personification /hyperbole

• oxymoron /paradox

• symbolism/idioms

Multiple Choice

Choose the figure of speech:

I died of embarrassment!

• Exclamatory sentence

• Hyperbole

• Paradox

• Symbolism

Multiple Choice

What does the word "ALLUSION" mean?

• clearly stating the meaning of a word

• reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or idea of significance

• citing evidence word-for-word, with quotation marks and page numbers

• hinting at events that will happen later in the story

Multiple Choice

In the phrase "The pen is mightier than the sword," what does the word "pen" represent?

• The power of words

• A weapon

• Intelligence and ideas

• A writing instrument