Figures of Speech Quiz

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Identify if the sentences with figures of speech

Simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, irony

________1. The fire station burns down.


_______ 2. The shopping costs me a thousand pesos.
_______ 3. A mother complains about her lazy children, not realizing they
have been secretly making her a birthday present.
_______ 4. A newly-hired pilot was afraid of heights
________ 5. She was so happy; her smile was a mile wide.

______ 6. A comparison of two things using words ‘like’ or ‘as’


_______ 7. Giving human qualities to places, objects, animals, or ideas.
______ 8. An extreme exaggeration.
______ 9. A direct comparison of two unlike objects without using as or like.
______ 10. A contrast between what is said and what is meant or between
appearance and reality.
_______ 11. I am a flower quickly fading.
______ 12. I am like a flower blooms today and gone tomorrow.
_______ 13. It’s raining cats and dogs.
_______ 14. She is as fast as a rabbit.
_______ 15. San Mateo Rizal is my best friend.

Write your own sentence using the following figure of speech


Simile 1. ______________________________________________
Metaphor 2. ___________________________________________
Personification 3. ______________________________________
Hyperbole 4. ________________________________________
Irony 5. ____________________________________________

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