LONG QUIZ IN ENGLISH 10

4th QAURTER

FIGURES OF SPEECH

NAME: ______________________________________________ SCORE: ________________________

YEAR & SECTION: ____________________________________ DATE: ________________________

PART 1: WHICH IS WHICH?

Directions: Choose from the box the appropriate figure of speech that is defined in each item. Write it on
the blank provided.

Simile Alliteration Anaphora Oxymoron

Metaphor Assonance Hyperbole Irony
Metonymy Apostrophe Understatement Personification
Synecdoche Onomatopoeia Paradox

_______________ 1. is a deliberate exaggeration that adds emphasis, urgency, or excitement to a statement

_______________ 2. is the direct comparison of dissimilar things to create more vivid imagery or understanding.

_______________ 3.  is a situation that subverts a reader’s expectations.

_______________ 4.  is a word that sounds like what it means.

_______________ 5. It compares two things using “like” or “as”.

_______________ 6. gives objects human actions or emotions

_______________ 7. uses a part to represent the whole.

_______________ 8. addresses an object or person who is not there.

_______________ 9. repeats beginning sounds of neighboring words.

_______________ 10. uses something related, but isn’t a part.

_______________ 11. using lesser or softer statements and phrases to make the situation seem less

important.

_______________ 12. repeats vowel sounds in words that are close.

_______________ 13. a combination of words or statements that make the reader pause to think deeper.

_______________ 14. repeats word/s in phrases or verses.

_______________ 15. paired words with contrasting meanings that can be funny when used.

PART 2: MATCH ME!

Directions: Analyze the examples of figures of speech written in Column A and match it to its title in
Column B. Write the letter of your choice in the blank provided.

COLUMN A COLUMN B
____ 1. She sells seashells by the seashore. A. Simile
____ 2. “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” B. Alliteration
C. Anaphora
____ 3. If I don’t eat soon, I’m going to die of hunger. D. Oxymoron
____ 4. He was an onion; to understand him, she had to E. Metaphor
peel back the layers. F. Assonance
G. Hyperbole
____ 5. “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your H. Irony
ears.” I. Metonymy
____ 6. That strawberry cake was awfully good. J. Apostrophe
K. Understatement
____ 7. “I must be cruel only to be kind.” L. Personification
M. Synecdoche
____ 8. The ladder groaned under the weight of each step.
N. Onomatopoeia
____ 9. It was the first real day of summer, and by the time O. Paradox
she came back indoors, she was as red as a tomato. P. Litotes
____ 10. How many hands will help you plant?
____ 11. “I have to have this operation. It isn’t very
serious. 
____ 12. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth?
____ 13. She seems to beam rays of sunshine with her eyes
of green.
____ 14. A police station is robbed.
____ 15. The cat meows after being bitten by my dog.

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Prepared by:

ELESIO F. CARAS, JR.

English Teacher
 IN MY WILDEST DREAM

Things go wrong in my wildest dream

Destructions prevail over creation
Peace is disturbed
Love is ultimately gone
I try to be good
To fix what is broken
But it had worsened

Jealousy had prevailed in my wildest dream

It ignites the blazing destructions
Many were damaged
Matters that are seen and unseen

Trust has gone

It was pulverized like a fallen glass frame

I just don’t know when I will