LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR TEACHERS

Figures of Speech

DIRECTIONS: Identify the figures of speech in each of the following sentences. Write
your answer on the blank before each number. Erasure is NOT allowed.

_________________________1. This job is as aggravating as putting toothpaste back into

the tube.

_________________________2. The world’s a stage where everyman must play a part.

_________________________3. The gemstones hanging from around her neck were

beautiful drops of seawater connected by a thin silver chain.

_________________________4. You are too good to be true.

_________________________5. His beard was an avalanche of snow falling from his face.

_________________________6. The sun frowns on the earth below.

_________________________7. Slowly, silently, the moon walks the night in her silver
sheen.

_________________________8. Not yet, Rizal, not yet ---Sleep not in peace.

_________________________9. He simply adores Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

_________________________10. Thank you for the insult.

_________________________11. My grandfather is as old as the house on the hills.

_________________________12. The purring of the cat disturbs me.

_________________________13. Your eyes are widely open flowers.

_________________________14. He is considered the Andres Bonifacio of this era.

_________________________15. He has reached the sunset of his life.

_________________________16. A poem must be musical as a seagull. (JGVilla)

_________________________17. A poem must be slender as a bell. (JGVilla)

_________________________18. The thunder roared.

_________________________19. The lightning flashed.

_________________________20. Oh, Justice be not elusive to a betrayed heart!

_________________________21. You were like a mad dog in anger when you ran after that
snatcher.

_________________________22. They went surfing and splashing for hours in the waters of
Boracay.

__________________________23. My hair has grown white waiting for you.

__________________________24. His cold touch burns my skin.

__________________________25. Taking a bar exam is no joke.

__________________________26. Sheena is the Helen of Troy in the family.

__________________________27. Donna feeds fifty hands so she has to work harder.

__________________________28. Love, look what you’ve done to me!

__________________________29. When I entered the room, it was a deafening silence that

created a creepy feeling.

__________________________30. Even Adonis would be jealous of your boyfriend’s

appearance.

__________________________31. The crown shall visit the Philippines next month.

__________________________32. The White House has declared martial law all over USA.

__________________________33. Wow! You’ve got a nice set of wheels.

__________________________34. It’s so nice of you to embarrass me in front of other

people.

__________________________35. The audience was amazed when they saw the giant
miniature of Wonder Woman.