DIASANTA, JIRAHMAE M.

BAEL AE41

ELS MAJ 104 ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT

TOPIC: FIGURES OF SPEECH

YEAR LEVEL: GRADE 10
Instruction: Identify whether the statement is true or false. On the space provided
before each number, write T if the statement is true and F if the statement is FALSE.

___ 1. The words "like" and "as" typically appear in metaphor.

___ 2. Figure of speech is something only writers use.
___ 3. Non-human or non-living things are spoken about as if they were human in
personification.
___ 4. A figure of speech has to be interpreted by the reader or listener.
___ 5. Knowing the type of figure of speech is more important than understanding
the meaning of it.
___ 6. Simile and metaphor are two figures of speech that involve a comparison.
___ 7. Figures of speech mean exactly what the words say.
___ 8. A figure of speech is a rhetorical device that achieves a special effect by
using words in a distinctive way.
___ 9. Oxymoron is a figure of speech that makes an obvious exaggeration.
___ 10. When words are literal, they mean exact.