Quiz # 1 in English 10

Name: Score:
Year & Section:
I. Directions: Read and analyze the following sentences and then identify the figures of speech
used in each sentences. Select your answer inside the box.
1.
Metaphor Personification Hyperbole Oxymoron
Simile Irony Alliteration Onomatopoeia
She’s older than dirt.
2. Walter wondered where Winnie was.
3. Suddenly the room filled with a deafening silence.
4. During the thunderstorm, Thomas exclaimed, “What a beautiful weather we are having.
5. His response was as cold as ice.
6. The sun is a creature of habit.
7. Alice promised to give him a sweet revenge.
8. Time flies when you’re having fun.
9. Ding Dong there was someone at the door.
10. The birds told me that you are going to the distant lands.
11. Sheep should sleep in a shield.
12. I’ve told you to stop a thousand times.
13. Anna washed a mountain of dishes.
14. She is the apple of my eye.
15. After taking his medication, he became fit as a fiddle.
16. “Tis some visitor and tapping at my chamber door only this and nothing more.
17. Gerald proposed a useless idea, to which Thomas responded saying, “That’s genius.
18. All ages, the world is a stage.
19. The flowers nodded when I asked them questions.
20. Mario eats like a pig.

Quiz # 1 in English 10
Name: Score:
Year & Section:
II. Directions: Read and analyze the following sentences and then identify the figures of speech
used in each sentences. Select your answer inside the box.
1.
Metaphor Personification Hyperbole Oxymoron
Simile Irony Alliteration Onomatopoeia
She’s older than dirt.
2. Walter wondered where Winnie was.
3. Suddenly the room filled with a deafening silence.
4. During the thunderstorm, Thomas exclaimed, “What a beautiful weather we are having.
5. His response was as cold as ice.
6. The sun is a creature of habit.
7. Alice promised to give him a sweet revenge.
8. Time flies when you’re having fun.
9. Ding Dong there was someone at the door.
10. The birds told me that you are going to the distant lands.
11. Sheep should sleep in a shield.
12. I’ve told you to stop a thousand times.
13. Anna washed a mountain of dishes.
14. She is the apple of my eye.
15. After taking his medication, he became fit as a fiddle.
16. “Tis some visitor and tapping at my chamber door only this and nothing more.
17. Gerald proposed a useless idea, to which Thomas responded saying, “That’s genius.
18. All ages, the world is a stage.
19. The flowers nodded when I asked them questions.
20. Mario eats like a pig.