Simile, metaphor, alliteration
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- Q1Which figure of speech is used in the phrase 'as hungry as a wolf'?similemetaphorpersonificationalliteration30s
- Q2Which figure of speech is used in the phrase 'the stars danced in the sky'?similemetaphorpersonificationalliteration30s
- Q3Which figure of speech is used in the phrase 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'?personificationalliterationmetaphorsimile30s
- Q4Which figure of speech is used in the phrase 'time flies'?alliterationpersonificationsimilemetaphor30s
- Q5Which figure of speech is used in the phrase 'the wind howled'?metaphorsimilealliterationpersonification30s
- Q6Which figure of speech is used in the phrase 'busy as a bee'?personificationmetaphoralliterationsimile30s
- Q7Which figure of speech is used in the phrase 'the world is my oyster'?personificationmetaphorsimilealliteration30s
- Q8Which figure of speech is used in the phrase 'silence is golden'?personificationsimilemetaphoralliteration30s
- Q9Which figure of speech is used in the phrase 'feeling under the weather'?personificationmetaphoralliterationsimile30s
- Q10Which figure of speech compares two things using the words 'like' or 'as'?PersonificationMetaphorAlliterationSimile30s
- Q11Which figure of speech compares two things directly without using the words 'like' or 'as'?MetaphorHyperboleSimileAlliteration30s
- Q12Which figure of speech is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words?AlliterationMetaphorOnomatopoeiaSimile30s
- Q13Which figure of speech repeats the same sound or letter at the beginning of closely connected words?AlliterationSimileMetaphorPersonification30s
- Q14Which figure of speech compares two unlike things directly, without using 'like' or 'as'?MetaphorAlliterationPersonificationSimile30s
- Q15Which figure of speech compares two things using the words 'like' or 'as'?AlliterationSimileMetaphorPersonification30s