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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