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Figures of speech

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

They don't care about how much you know until they know how much you care

a)

pun

b)

understatement

c)

chiasmus

d)

paradox

2.

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

a)

pun

b)

chiasmus

c)

understatement

d)

paradox

3.

"Love as if you would one day hate, and hate as if you would one day love."

a)

pun

b)

chiasmus

c)

understament

d)

paradox

4.

"Never let a fool kiss you--or a kiss fool you."

a)

pun

b)

chiasmus

c)

understatement

d)

paradox

5.

Do I love you because you're beautiful? Or are you beautiful because I love you?

a)

pun

b)

chiasmus

c)

understatement

d)

paradox

6.

The reversing the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases. This rhetorical device is also referred to as reverse parallelism, antimetabole or syntactical inversion.

a)

pun

b)

chiasmus

c)

understatement

d)

paradox

7.

A statement that may seem absurd or contradictory but yet can be true, or at least makes sense.

a)

pun

b)

chiasmus

c)

undersatement

d)

paradox

8.

You can save money by spending it.

a)

pun

b)

chiasmus

c)

understatement

d)

paradox

9.

“Men work together whether they work together or apart.”

a)

pun

b)

chiasmus

c)

understatement

d)

paradox

10.

This is the beginning of the end.

a)

pun

b)

chiasmus

c)

understatement

d)

paradox

11.

When you represent something as less than what it is. This can be done in writing or in speech.

a)

pun

b)

chiasmus

c)

understatement

d)

paradox

12.

When you just hit the biggest lottery of all time and say I'm kind of excited.

a)

pun

b)

chiasmus

c)

understatement

d)

paradox

13.

You scrape the entire side of your car, and then you say, "It is only a small scratch.

a)

pun

b)

chiasmus

c)

understatement

d)

paradox

14.

The opposite to a hyperbole

a)

pun

b)

chiasmus

c)

understatement

d)

paradox

15.

Santa’s helpers are known as subordinate Clauses.

a)

pun

b)

chiasmus

c)

understatement

d)

paradox

16.

A joke that makes a play on words.

a)

pun

b)

chiasmus

c)

understatement

d)

paradox

17.

"You can tune a guitar, but you can't tuna fish. Unless of course, you play bass."

a)

pun

b)

chiasmus

c)

understatement

d)

paradox

18.

Eye Drops Off Shelf

a)

pun

b)

chiasmus

c)

understatement

d)

paradox

19.

Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted

a)

pun

b)

chiasmus

c)

understatement

d)

paradox

20.

"Atheism is a non-prophet institution"

a)

pun

b)

chiasm

c)

understatement

d)

paradox