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Simile, metaphor, alliteration

Quiz by Tammy Fields

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  • Q1
    Which figure of speech is used in the phrase 'as hungry as a wolf'?
    simile
    metaphor
    personification
    alliteration
    30s
  • Q2
    Which figure of speech is used in the phrase 'the stars danced in the sky'?
    simile
    metaphor
    personification
    alliteration
    30s
  • Q3
    Which figure of speech is used in the phrase 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'?
    personification
    alliteration
    metaphor
    simile
    30s
  • Q4
    Which figure of speech is used in the phrase 'time flies'?
    alliteration
    personification
    simile
    metaphor
    30s
  • Q5
    Which figure of speech is used in the phrase 'the wind howled'?
    metaphor
    simile
    alliteration
    personification
    30s
  • Q6
    Which figure of speech is used in the phrase 'busy as a bee'?
    personification
    metaphor
    alliteration
    simile
    30s
  • Q7
    Which figure of speech is used in the phrase 'the world is my oyster'?
    personification
    metaphor
    simile
    alliteration
    30s
  • Q8
    Which figure of speech is used in the phrase 'silence is golden'?
    personification
    simile
    metaphor
    alliteration
    30s
  • Q9
    Which figure of speech is used in the phrase 'feeling under the weather'?
    personification
    metaphor
    alliteration
    simile
    30s
  • Q10
    Which figure of speech compares two things using the words 'like' or 'as'?
    Personification
    Metaphor
    Alliteration
    Simile
    30s
  • Q11
    Which figure of speech compares two things directly without using the words 'like' or 'as'?
    Metaphor
    Hyperbole
    Simile
    Alliteration
    30s
  • Q12
    Which figure of speech is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words?
    Alliteration
    Metaphor
    Onomatopoeia
    Simile
    30s
  • Q13
    Which figure of speech repeats the same sound or letter at the beginning of closely connected words?
    Alliteration
    Simile
    Metaphor
    Personification
    30s
  • Q14
    Which figure of speech compares two unlike things directly, without using 'like' or 'as'?
    Metaphor
    Alliteration
    Personification
    Simile
    30s
  • Q15
    Which figure of speech compares two things using the words 'like' or 'as'?
    Alliteration
    Simile
    Metaphor
    Personification
    30s

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