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- 1. Multiple ChoiceA figure of speech is ___________.a familiar expression or sayinga non-literal way of saying something.what the author literally means.something only writers use.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat figure of speech is being asked? "The little stars, like little children, went first to bed."MetaphorSimileMetonymyHyperbole
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat figure of speech is being asked? "He has the patience of Job."AllusionIronyApostropheSynecdoche
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat figure of speech is being asked? "Have you read Shakespeare? "SimileIronyMetonymyMetaphor
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat figure of speech is being asked? "Hearty and hale was he, an oak that is covered with snow flakes."AllusionMetaphorHyperboleSimile
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat figure of speech is being asked? "Rizal! See the fair hope of the Fatherland."PersonificationmetaphorSynecdocheApostrophe
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat figure of speech is being asked? "The tumult reached the stars."SimilePersonificationHyperboleI
- 8. Multiple ChoiceMeow, where's my milk, cried the cat is an example of?LitotesSimileAnticlimaxOnomatopoeia
- 9. Multiple Choice"How good of you to refuse to help us." is an example of?HyperboleSynecdocheIronyAllusion
- 10. Multiple ChoiceMy father brought me new wheels is an example of?HyperboleSynecdocheIronyAllusion
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of figure of speech is used to affirm by negating the opposite?SynecdocheMetonymyLitotesApostrophe
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of figure of speech is an opposite of what you mean?IronySimilePersonificationHyperbole
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of figure of speech represents the sound of what is being described?MetonymyIronyMetaphorOnomatopoeia
- 14. Multiple ChoiceRoll on, thou dark and deep ocean. Roll!” is an example of?HyperboleApostropheSimileIrony
- 15. Multiple ChoiceTwo figures of speech that involve comparisons are _________________.simile and metaphorpersonification and hyperbolesimile and metonymymetonymy and metaphor
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe figure of speech in which the author makes an obvious exaggeration for emphasis or to create some other specific effect is _________.SimileMetonymyPersonificationHyperbole
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe words like and as typically appear in aMetaphorSimileMetonymyIrony
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhen a closely related term or symbol is substituted for what it represents, or some concrete term is used for a more abstract idea, the figure of speech is referred to as a __________.MetaphorIronySimileMetonymy
- 19. Multiple ChoiceHow many figures of speech do we have?5 figures of speech250 figures of speechmore than 250 figures of speechmore than 500 figures of speech
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the figure of speech in which nonhuman or nonliving things are spoken about as if they were human?SimileAllusionPersonificationApostrphe
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