Figures of Speech Quiz

What figure of speech is used when a comparison is made without using "like" or "as"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

What figure of speech involves giving human qualities to non-human things?

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Personification

What figure of speech uses extreme exaggeration for effect?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

Which figure of speech is used in the sentence "She sells seashells by the seashore"?

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

What is it called when words imitate sounds, like "buzz" or "clang"?

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

• Pun

What figure of speech is "The world is a stage"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

What is the figure of speech in "He is as brave as a lion"?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Irony

What figure of speech is "Parting is such sweet sorrow"?

• Pun

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

Which figure of speech involves the repetition of a word at the beginning of successive clauses?

• Anaphora

• Apostrophe

• Alliteration

What figure of speech is used in "The pen is mightier than the sword"?

• Metonymy

• Synecdoche

• Hyperbole