Figures of Speech Quiz - XII IPA 1

What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'as brave as a lion'?

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'Her eyes sparkled like diamonds.'

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'time is a thief'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'The world is a stage.'

• Metaphor

• The world is a tree

• The world is a computer

• The world is a book

What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'the wind whispered through the trees'?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'The flowers danced in the breeze.'

• The flowers slept in the breeze

• The flowers sang in the breeze

• The flowers laughed in the breeze

• Personification

What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse'?

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'I have a million things to do.'

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Irony

• Hyperbole

What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'the bees buzzed around the flowers'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'The thunder rumbled in the distance.'

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile