Quiz #1 Figures of Speech

What figure of speech is used in this sentence?

They fight like cats and dogs.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What figure of speech is used in this sentence?

Life is a roller coaster

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Which of these is a simile?

• My heart is a cold black stone

• The moon smiled down on us

• She's as pale as a sheet

• The sea is a hungry dog

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

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

1. The walk was a million miles long.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole

2. The basketball players all looked as tall as giraffes.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole

3. Time was a thief to me this year.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole

4. The tree leaves danced in the wind.

• Irony
• Hyperbole
• Personification

5. The cookies screamed, "I'm done!" from the oven.

• Irony
• Hyperbole
• Personification