Figures of Speech

What figure of speech compares two things using "like" or "as"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

"Her smile was a shining star in the night." This is an example of:

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Which figure of speech gives human qualities to non-human objects?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Simile

True or False: Hyperbole is a figure of speech used to understate or make something less dramatic.

• True

• False

"The wind whispered through the trees" is an example of:

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Metaphor

What is the figure of speech in this sentence: "I’ve told you a million times to clean your room"?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Which of the following is an example of an oxymoron?

• Deafening silence

• As brave as a lion

• The clock sang a song

• He runs faster than light

What figure of speech is used when the sound of a word imitates its meaning?

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

True or False: Simile and metaphor are the same because both compare two things directly.

• True

• False

"She sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of:

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Simile