COT 1_Jan 10 2023 Quiz

Read each sentence and identify which figure of speech was used.

Silence dropped like a curtain around them.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

“That’s not a bad idea.”

• Litotes

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

The flowers dancing in the breeze.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

She is now the sunset of her days.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

When I came to visit, my friend offered me a cup.

• Personification

• Metonymy

• Metaphor

He feels buried under a mountain of work.

• Metaphor

• Litotes

• Hyperbole