Figure of Speech

The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree.

Which figure of speech is used in the sentence?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• antithesis

Pat planted the pretty pink poppies in the pot.

Which figure of speech is used in the sentence?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Metaphor

Her eyes were darting torches. What figure of speech is used in the sentence?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Metaphor

Which figure of speech is used in the sentence?

"Her hair is as shiny as ebony"

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Metaphor

Which figure of speech is used in the sentence?

"Silently, softly the swans swam on the lake."

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Metaphor

Which figure of speech is used in the sentence?

I like onions, but they don’t like me.

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Metaphor

Which figure of speech is used in the sentence?

However, the mail is running unusually slow this week.

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Metaphor

Which figure of speech is used in the sentence?

“Great haste makes great waste.”

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Anaphora

Which figure of speech is used in the sentence?

Laughter is the best medicine.

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Metaphor

Which figure of speech is used in the sentence?

“So many places, so little time.”

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Metaphor