Post-Test

Name: ___________________________________________ Date: ___________________

CLC: ____________________________________________ Level: __________________

Figures of Speech

Directions: Identify the figure of speech used in the following sentences below.
Choose your answer in the box and write your answer in the space provided.

simile metaphor personification

hyperbole

Irony oxymoron paradox

________________1. Akiesha made a fiery speech.

______________2. At last, they agreed to disagree.

______________3. Even the sky shed tears when Gandhiji died.

______________4. He is the vulture of the state.

______________5. A cry that would raise the dead from the grave.

______________6. Idleness is the nursery of evil thoughts.

______________7. Words are easy like the wind.

______________8. Telling a rude customer to “have a nice day”

______________9. The louder you are, the less they hear.

______________10. She is a fen of stagnant water.

Pre-Test

Name: ___________________________________________ Date: ___________________

CLC: ____________________________________________ Level: __________________
 Figures of Speech

Directions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. It is a comparison between two unlike things, usually using the words "like" or "as."

a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Personification

2. It is a figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is
spoken of as if it were human.

a. Paradox b. Metaphor c. Personification

3. It is a figure of speech that creates heightened effect through deliberate exaggeration.

a. Hyperbole b. Irony c. Oxymoron

4. It creates implicit comparisons without the express use of “like” or “as.”

a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Personification

5. It is a statement that appears at first to be contradictory, but upon reflection then makes sense.
a. Paradox b. Irony c. Personification
6. It is a figure of speech in which contradictory statements or situations reveal a reality that is
different from what appears to be true.
a. Paradox b. Irony c. Personification
7. It is a figure of speech pairing two words together that are opposing and/or contradictory.
a. Hyperbole b. Irony c. Oxymoron
8. It is an expression whose words are not used in their literal sense. It is often used to portray an
idea more clearly or more interestingly.
a. Figures of Speech b. Personification c. Hyperbole
9. A police station being burglarized.
a. Paradox b. Irony c. Personification

10. “I can’t live with or without you”.

a. Paradox b. Irony c. Personification