Figures of Speech Quiz

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

• Time crawls

• Time runs

• Time stands still

• Time jumps

• Metaphor

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'His words cut like a knife.'

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

In the phrase 'She is as busy as a bee', what figure of speech is being used?

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

What figure of speech is present in the sentence 'The world is a stage'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'The thunder grumbled like an old man.'

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

In the phrase 'The sun smiled down on us', what figure of speech is used?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

What figure of speech is present in the sentence 'Her voice is music to my ears'?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Identify the figure of speech in the phrase 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

In the sentence 'His words were a soothing balm to her soul', what figure of speech is used?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

What figure of speech is present in the phrase 'The stars danced in the night sky'?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile