Lafayette International School
Grades 11-12 Figures of speech Test 04/10/2023
1. What figure of speech is used in the sentence: "Her smile was as bright as the sun"?
a) Metaphor
b) Simile
c) Hyperbole
d) Personification
2. In the phrase "bitter sweet," which figure of speech is employed?
a) Oxymoron
b) Alliteration
c) Metonymy
d) Anaphora
3. Which figure of speech involves the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of
adjacent words?
a) Hyperbole
b) Assonance
c) Alliteration
d) Onomatopoeia
4. "It's raining cats and dogs" is an example of which figure of speech?
a) Hyperbole
b) Metaphor
c) Simile
d) Alliteration
5. What figure of speech is present in the sentence: "The wind whispered through the trees"?
a) Metaphor
b) Onomatopoeia
c) Personification
d) Apostrophe
6. In the sentence "His heart is made of stone," what is the figure of speech?
a) Metonymy
b) Simile
c) Hyperbole
d) Metaphor
7. Which figure of speech involves the deliberate repetition of the first part of a sentence or phrase?
a) Irony
b) Anaphora
c) Alliteration
d) Antithesis
8. "Time flies" is an example of which figure of speech?
a) Hyperbole
b) Simile
c) Metaphor
d) Personification
9. What figure of speech is used in the phrase "a sea of faces"?
a) Synecdoche
b) Hyperbole
c) Alliteration
d) Simile
10. "The pen is mightier than the sword" is an example of which figure of speech?
a) Oxymoron
b) Hyperbole
c) Metaphor
d) Simile
11. In the sentence "The sun smiled down on the happy couple," what is the figure of speech?
a) Metaphor
b) Personification
c) Alliteration
d) Simile
12. Which figure of speech is represented by the sentence: "His car is his best friend"?
a) Alliteration
b) Metonymy
c) Metaphor
d) Hyperbole
13. What figure of speech involves using a word that imitates the natural sounds of a thing?
a) Euphemism
b) Onomatopoeia
c) Irony
d) Anaphora
14. "The world's a stage" is an example of which figure of speech?
a) Simile
b) Metaphor
c) Alliteration
d) Synecdoche
15. Which figure of speech involves giving human attributes to non-human objects or animals?
a) Oxymoron
b) Hyperbole
c) Personification
d) Antithesis
16. What figure of speech is used in the sentence: "His words were a dagger in my heart"?
a) Metonymy
b) Simile
c) Hyperbole
d) Metaphor
17. In the phrase "the White House issued a statement," what figure of speech is used?
a) Metonymy
b) Synecdoche
c) Metaphor
d) Simile
18. "The silence was deafening" is an example of which figure of speech?
a) Hyperbole
b) Alliteration
c) Personification
d) Oxymoron
19. Which figure of speech is present in the sentence: "The stars danced in the night sky"?
a) Onomatopoeia
b) Hyperbole
c) Personification
d) Simile
20. What figure of speech involves a statement that appears self-contradictory but may contain a
latent truth?
a) Oxymoron
b) Irony
c) Paradox
d) Euphemism
2- Excerpt from William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" (Act 2, Scene 2)
Romeo: "But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise,
fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou, her maid, art far
more fair than she: Be not her maid since she is envious; Her vestal livery is but sick and green And
none but fools do wear it; cast it off. It is my lady, O, it is my love! O, that she knew she were!"
In this excerpt, there are several figures of speech to identify. Can you find them?
Answers:
1. b) Simile
2. a) Oxymoron
3. c) Alliteration
4. d) Alliteration
5. c) Personification
6. d) Metaphor
7. b) Anaphora
8. c) Metaphor
9. a) Synecdoche
10. c) Metaphor
11. b) Personification
12. c) Metaphor
13. b) Onomatopoeia
14. b) Metaphor
15. c) Personification
16. d) Metaphor
17. a) Metonymy
18. a) Hyperbole
19. c) Personification
20. c) Paradox
Extract
Metaphor: "Juliet is the sun" - Romeo is metaphorically comparing Juliet to
the sun, suggesting her beauty and radiance.
Personification: "kill the envious moon" - Personification is used when
Romeo attributes human qualities, such as envy, to the moon.
Simile: "And none but fools do wear it; cast it off" - A simile is used here
when Romeo compares those who wear the moon's vestal livery to fools using
"like" or "as," in this case, "like."
