ENG 8 LESSON 4.2 FIGURES OF SPEECH

The audience holds their breath as the hero enters the dark cave. Unbeknownst to him, the enemy waits silently just around the corner.

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Climax

• Paradox

Ella practiced her speech for weeks. First, she delivered it to her class, then her school. Finally, she stood shaking but proud before a massive auditorium.

• Imagery

• Climax

• C. Verbal Irony

• Allusion

“This five-star hotel serves instant noodles. What luxury,” Kweku muttered, poking the cup with a fork.

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Imagery

After all his effort to represent his country abroad, Kweku’s flight home was canceled—because of a rally in support of international students like him.

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Imagery

Kweku beamed with pride as he stood at the podium, unaware that the flag behind him was accidentally hung upside down.

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Imagery

“I’ve traveled far to discover I never left home,” Kweku whispered while looking at his village from the airplane window.

• Paradox

• Allusion

• Imagery

• Climax

He spoke in front of his class, then a local crowd, then the country’s leaders — and finally, he stood before the world.

• Paradox

• Allusion

• Imagery

• Climax

“He was like Moses,” the teacher said, “leading others across barriers with nothing but words and faith.”

• Paradox

• Allusion

• Imagery

• Climax

The village air smelled of dust and roasted yam, as drums echoed in the fading light and smoke curled like spirits into the orange sky.

• Paradox

• Allusion

• Imagery

• Climax

“He crossed continents and cultures, yet never left the heartbeat of his homeland.”
Choices:

• Paradox

• Allusion

• Imagery

• Climax