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FIGURES SPEECH

Quiz by Rosemarie Pugoy

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15 questions
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  • Q1
    A figure of speech is...
    what the author literally means
    a non-literal way of saying something
    something only writers us
    a familiar expression
    30s
  • Q2
    Two figures of speech that involve comparisons are
    hyperbole and simile
    personification and idiom
    alliteration and metaphor
    simile and metaphor
    30s
  • Q3
    Figure of speech in which the author makes an obvious exaggeration.
    alliteration
    simile
    hyperbole
    idiom
    30s
  • Q4
    What is the figure of speech in which nonhuman or nonliving things are spoken about as if they were human?
    simile
    metaphor
    personification
    hyperbole
    30s
  • Q5
    "Education is our passport to the future, and tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."
    alliteration
    simile
    metaphor
    personification
    30s
  • Q6
    "Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for it to kill your enemy."
    alliteration
    onomatopoeia
    simile
    personification
    30s
  • Q7
    What is the following an example of? “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers”
    onomatopoeia
    personification
    alliteration
    hyperbole
    30s
  • Q8
    "I can cry a river of tears" What figure of speech expressed in the statement?
    alliteration
    hyperbole
    simile
    metaphor
    30s
  • Q9
    "The sun is smiling at me this morning" What figure of speech expressed in the statement?
    metaphor
    hyperbole
    personification
    alliteration
    30s
  • Q10
    I bombed the Biology test. I wish I had studied harder for it. What does this mean?
    I forgot I had a test
    I failed the test
    I was absent for the test
    I passed the test
    30s
  • Q11
    Boom! Clap! The sound of my heart
    alliteration
    onomatopoeia
    metaphor
    hyperbole
    45s
  • Q12
    He's running faster than the wind.
    personification
    onomatopoeia
    alliteration
    hyperbole
    45s
  • Q13
    The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.
    onomatopoeia
    metaphor
    simile
    personification
    45s
  • Q14
    You were as brave as a lion.
    metaphor
    simile
    alliteration
    personification
    45s
  • Q15
    The calm lake was a mirror.
    hyperbole
    alliteration
    simile
    metaphor
    45s

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