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HoW mUcH dO yOu KnOw tHe BaSic FiGuUrEs Of SpEeCh? START EXIT
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A figures of speech where two different things are compared together to create fascinating, affecting or some other interesting effects in language. It often uses words such as “like” or “as”. a. simile a. simile a. simile a. simile b. metaphor b. metaphor b. metaphor b. metaphor d. hyperbole d. hyperbole d. hyperbole d. hyperbole c. irony c. irony c. irony c. irony
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An exclamatory rhetorical figure of speech, when a speaker or a writer breaks off and direct speech to an imaginary inanimate person or thing. a. irony a. irony a. irony a. irony b. simile b. simile c. apostrophe c. apostrophe d. personification d. personification
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Figures of speech which involves combination of two contradictory terms as: open secret, living death, liquid gas. a. simile a. simile a. simile a. simile b. oxymoron b. oxymoron c. apostrophe c. apostrophe d. hyperboli d. hyperboli
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Figures of speech where two fairly unlike things compared indirectly. a. hyperbole a. hyperbole a. hyperbole a. hyperbole b. personification b. personification c. apostrophe c. apostrophe d. methaphor d. methaphor
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Figures of speech which is an exaggerated statement is used to enhance effect. It aims to emphasize a point not to mislead the leader. a. hyperbole a. hyperbole a. hyperbole a. hyperbole b. personification b. personification c. oxymoron c. oxymoron d. methaphor d. methaphor
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Figures of speech in which an object, concept, or an idea is represented as if it were a person. a. simile a. simile a. simile a. simile b. personification b. personification c. metaphor c. metaphor d. oxymoron d. oxymoron
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Which figures of speech is represented in given sentence? “He ran like the wind”. a. hyperbole a. hyperbole a. hyperbole a. hyperbole b. personification b. personification c. apostrophe c. apostrophe d. methaphor d. methaphor
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Which figures of speech is represented in given sentence? “What she told was an open secret.” a. hyperbole a. hyperbole a. hyperbole a. hyperbole b. personification b. personification c. oxymoron c. oxymoron d. methaphor d. methaphor
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Identify the figure of speech. “Computers talk to one another.” a. hyperbole a. hyperbole a. hyperbole a. hyperbole b. personification b. personification c. oxymoron c. oxymoron d. methaphor d. methaphor
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Which figures of speech is represented in given sentence? “Hail! Smiling moon.” a. hyperbole a. hyperbole a. hyperbole a. hyperbole b. personification b. personification c. apostrophe c. apostrophe d. methaphor d. methaphor
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Identify the figure of speech. “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!” a. hyperbole a. hyperbole a. hyperbole a. hyperbole b. personification b. personification c. oxymoron c. oxymoron d. methaphor d. methaphor
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Identify the figure of speech. “Her hair was like gravy. Running brown on her head and dumping up on her shoulder.” a. irony a. irony a. irony a. irony b. simile b. simile c. apostrophe c. apostrophe d. personification d. personification
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CONGRATULATIONS!! YOU REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE BASIC FIGURES OF SPEECH KEEP IT UP!! END QUIZ
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