Figure Of Speech Quiz!

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Take this simple and easy figure of speech quiz today if you want to enhance your knowledge or maybe just revise what you already know about rhetorical figures. Different figures of speech are used to emphasize the extent of a behavior or situation in the English language. Some of these include Metaphors, Similes, and personifications. Test how excellent your skills are at identifying these three by taking the ultimate quiz below. All the best as you do!

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1.

"Death lays its icy hands on kings."
- A.
  
  Simile
- B.
  
  Metaphor
- C.
  
  Personification
2.

"My love is like a red rose..."
- A.
  
  Simile
- B.
  
  Metaphor
- C.
  
  Personification
3.

He is a lion.
- A.
  
  Simile
- B.
  
  Metaphor
- C.
  
  Personification
4.

The wind wrapped its icy fingers around my body.
- A.
  
  Simile
- B.
  
  Metaphor
- C.
  
  Personification
5.

The boat was tossed like a cork on the waves.
- A.
  
  Simile
- B.
  
  Metaphor
- C.
  
  Personification
6.

He was as brave as a lion.
- A.
  
  Simile
- B.
  
  Metaphor
- C.
  
  Personification
7.

"All the world's a stage And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances;" William Shakespeare: As you like it
- A.
  
  Simile
- B.
  
  Metaphor
- C.
  
  Personification
8.

"Death! Where is thy sting? O Grave! Where is thy victory?"
- A.
  
  Simile
- B.
  
  Metaphor
- C.
  
  Personification
9.

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate:" Sonnet 18: William Shakespeare
- A.
  
  Simile
- B.
  
  Metaphor
- C.
  
  Personification
10.

Blind justice was not on his side.
- A.
  
  Simile
- B.
  
  Metaphor
- C.
  
  Personification
11.

“Life is like a box of chocolates.”
- A.
  
  Simile
- B.
  
  Metaphor
- C.
  
  Personification
12.

Ria heard the last piece of pie calling her name.
- A.
  
  Simile
- B.
  
  Metaphor
- C.
  
  Personification
13.

My alarm yelled at me this morning.
- A.
  
  Simile
- B.
  
  Metaphor
- C.
  
  Personification
14.

Her eyes are diamonds.
- A.
  
  Simile
- B.
  
  Metaphor
- C.
  
  Personification
15.

She is a shining star.
- A.
  
  Simile
- B.
  
  Metaphor
- C.
  
  Personification

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