ALS A&E Test Reviewer: Learning Strand 1 - Communication Skills - ENGLISH - Figures of Speech

Below are practice test questions on Idioms as part of ALS A&E Test Reviewer on Learning Strand 1 - Communication Skills - ENGLISH.

Directions: Identify the figure of speech and choose the letter of the correct answer.

1.  She sells seashells on the seashore.

A. Simile
B. Alliteration
C. Assonance
D. Hyberbole

2.  The banana leaves waved in the wind.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Hyberbole

3.  After her husband’s death, Antoinette became as cold as ice.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Hyberbole

4. Hello darkness, my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again

A. Hyperbole

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Apostrophe

5. Ben is so hungry he could eat a horse.

A. Hyperbole

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Apostrophe

6. Laughter is the best medicine.

A. Hyperbole

B. Metaphor

C. Personification

D. Apostrophe

7. Martha’s angelic singing voice broke the wine glass into pieces.

A. Understatement

B. Oxymoron

C. Irony

D. Paradox

8. The only constant is change.

A. Understatement

B. Oxymoron

C. Irony

D. Paradox

9. These grains of rice reminded him of bittersweet memories of his life in the barrio.

A. Understatement

B. Oxymoron

C. Irony

D. Paradox

10. She walks like a duck.

A. Metaphor

B. Hyperbole

C. Irony

D. Simile

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ANSWERS:

1. B. Alliteration

Alliteration - The repetition of an initial consonant sound.

2. C. Personification

Personification - A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities.

3.  A. Simile

Simile - A stated comparison (usually formed with "like" or "as") between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common.

4.  D. Apostrophe

Apostrophe - Directly addressing a nonexistent person or an inanimate object as though it were a living being.

5. A. Hyperbole

Hyperbole - An extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect.

6. B. Metaphor

Metaphor - An implied comparison between two dissimilar things that have something in common.

7. C. Irony

Irony - The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.

8. D. Paradox

Paradox - A statement that appears to contradict itself.

9. B. Oxymoron

Oxymoron - A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side.

10. D. Simile

Simile - A stated comparison (usually formed with "like" or "as") between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common.