Figures of Speech Quiz

Write the word simile or metaphor after each sentence and underline the word that lets you know which comparison it is (b) The pie is a rotten egg.

a) Rivers of blood started flowing in the battlefield (b) Green grasses grow in the graveyard, (c) The parrot perched on the pirate's pea coat.

Choose and tick the correct answer: a) The definition of personification is.. (i) giving human characteristics to non-human objects (ii) using like or as when comparing two or more things. (iii) comparing two or more things without using like or as. (iv) when you talk bad about a person. (v) uses words that describe the five senses to create a mental image of something.

• giving human characteristics to non-human objects

• using like or as when comparing two or more things.

• comparing two or more things without using like or as.

• when you talk bad about a person.

• uses words that describe the five senses to create a mental image of something.

Which of the following sentences is an example of personification? (i) The slimy eel slithered through the seaweed. (ii) The stand of trees was a festival of color that fall. (iii) The dandelions stood tall, proudly surveying the rest of the yard. (iv) The snails crept along the sidewalk, moving as slowly as a glacier.

• The slimy eel slithered through the seaweed.

• The stand of trees was a festival of color that fall.

• The dandelions stood tall, proudly surveying the rest of the yard.

• The snails crept along the sidewalk, moving as slowly as a glacier.

Identify the figure of speech in 'Does it stink like rotten meat?' (i) Hyperbole (ii) Personification (iii) Alliteration (iv) Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Imagery

Which is NOT an example of personification? (i) The wind whistled in the breeze (ii) The wind blew across the field. (iii) The wind cried out in the night (iv) The wind hugged us as we walked.

• The wind whistled in the breeze

• The wind blew across the field.

• The wind cried out in the night

• The wind hugged us as we walked.

'I was awakened by the strong aroma of a freshly baked cake.' Identify the kind of imagery.

• visual

• auditory

• tactile

• olfactory

'The sheets hanging on the clothesline danced in the wind.' This is an example of.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Imagery

• Personification

How might a writer use personification when talking about a flag?

• The wind blows the flag around

• The flag is folded neatly

• The flag has beautiful colors

• The flag waves at me from the flagpole

Choose the most appropriate example of gustatory imagery: She had chestnut brown hair with glimmering golden hues.

• They were delicious and sweet.

• The shadows crisscrossed the rug while my cat stretched languidly in one of the patches of sun.

• I smelled the warm, sweet, all-pervasive smell of silage, as well as the sour dirty laundry spilling over the basket in the hall.