Figures of speech

'These walls have ears'

This sentence is an example of :

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

'I am so hungry that I can eat a horse'

This sentence is an example of:

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

'Rain races ,ripping and restless in it's rage'

This sentence is an example of:

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

'The lumpy bumpy road'

This sentence is an example of:

• alliteration

• consonance

• assonance

Mike is like a bear

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

This picture is an example of:

• hyperbole

• euphemism

• pun

• onomatopoeia

Using the term 'passed away' is an example of:

• hyperbole

• euphemism

• irony

• pun

'He is a night owl'

This is an example of:

• simile

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

We use (figure of speech) to emphasize the importance or overstate something.

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• irony

• sarcasm

The words "like" and "as" typically appear in a...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia