Identifying Figures of Speech: Read each sentence Part C: Correcting Figures of Speech
carefully. Identify the figure of speech used in each Choose the correct figure of speech to replace the
sentence. Write your answer before the number. underlined part.
1. "The clouds were cotton candy, floating 16. "The car was moving like a cheetah in the
lazily in the sky." desert."
a) Simile b) Metaphor a) Simile b) Metaphor
c) Personification d) Hyperbole c) Personification d) Hyperbole
2. "The wind whispered through the trees, 17. "The thunder roared loudly across the field."
calling my name." a) Simile b) Metaphor
a) Simile b) Metaphor c) Personification d) Hyperbole
c) Personification d) Hyperbole 18. "She has a heart of gold."
3. "Her smile was as bright as the sun." a) Simile b) Metaphor
a) Simile b) Metaphor c) Personification d) Hyperbole
c) Personification d) Hyperbole 19. "His legs were made of steel."
4. "The book leapt off the shelf as if it had a a) Simile b) Metaphor
life of its own." c) Personification d) Hyperbole
a) Simile b) Metaphor 20. "The water was as cold as ice."
c) Personification d) Hyperbole a) Simile b) Metaphor
5. "He is a lion in battle." c) Personification d) Hyperbole
a) Simile b) Metaphor
c) Personification d) HyperboleA
6. "I’ve told you a million times to clean your
room!"
a) Simile b) Metaphor
c) Personification d) Hyperbole
7. "The moon smiled down at us from the dark
sky."
a) Simile b) Metaphor
c) Personification d) Hyperbole
8. "She was as fast as a cheetah in a race."
a) Simile b) Metaphor
c) Personification d) Hyperbole
9. "The door creaked open, as if it were afraid
of being heard."
a) Simile b) Metaphor
c) Personification d) Hyperbole
10. "The stars danced in the night sky."
a) Simile b) Metaphor
c) Personification d) Hyperbole
Part B: Rhyme
Read the following lines of poetry and identify the
rhyming words.
11. "The cat sat on the mat,
Looking around, just like a hat."
a) Cat, mat b) Hat, mat
c) Cat, hat d) Hat, sat
12. "I saw the light,
It was shining bright."
a) Light, bright b) Light, night
c) Bright, height d) Light, flight
13. "The trees swayed in the breeze,
The leaves danced with ease."
a) Swayed, played b) Breeze, ease
c) Trees, ease d) Breeze, trees
14. "I heard a sound so sweet,
It made my heart skip a beat."
a) Sweet, beat b) Sweet, greet
c) Sound, ground d) Beat, greet
15. "Beneath the starry sky,
The world went by."
a) Starry, carry b) Sky, by
c) By, lie d) High, by