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1
Choose an example of a paradox
Bittersweet
The only constant is change
Fast as lightening
Beat around the bush
2
Choose an example of a simile
Time is money
as cold as ice
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse
a blessing in disguise
3
Choose an example of personification
Living dead
Smooth as butter
Going on a wild goose chase
Storm clouds gathered angrily overhead
4
A police station being robbed is an example of irony
True
False
5
Choose an example of hyperbole
Time is a thief
He was a quick as a cheetah
Her smile was a mile wide
The silence was deafening
6
Choose an example of alliteration
They are two peas in a pod
This quiz is a piece of cake
Sally sells seashells by the seashore
Her laugh was like music to my ears
7
"You are my sunshine" is an example of a simile
True
False
8
Choose an example of an oxymoron.
The silence was deafening
He was the apple of my eye
The wind whispered through the trees
His face was as red as a tomato
9
Choose an example of a metaphor
Right as rain
There was a blanket of snow outside
The pillow was soft as a cloud
She was barking up the wrong tree
10
Choose an example of an idiom
Jumbo shrimp
on the ball
the leaves danced in the wind
as tall as a mountain