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Figures of Speech

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

a)

Climax

b)

Pun

c)

Euphemism

d)

Hyperbole

2.

The Hikers continued up the weary path.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Transferred Epithet

d)

Synecdoche

3.

Let a man acknowledge his obligations to himself, his family, his country, and his God.

a)

Climax

b)

Synecdoche

c)

Interrogation

d)

Exclamation

4.

The gray beard always steers youth towards the path of truth

a)

Euphemism

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Synecdoche

5.

It was adequate enough

a)

Alliteration

b)

Tautology

c)

Repetition

d)

Personification

6.

He is a little tipsy

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Pun

c)

Synecdoche

d)

Euphemism

7.

If I can't buy that perfect prom dress, I'll die!

a)

Interrogation

b)

Climax

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Tautology

8.

On the same day she lost her family, fortune, and her mobile

a)

Climax

b)

Anti-Climax

c)

Euphemism

d)

Transferred Epithet

9.

Tomorrow will come the decision.

a)

Personification

b)

Euphemism

c)

Pun

d)

Inversion

10.

The clanging pots and pans awoke the baby.

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Repetition

c)

Metaphor

d)

Synecdoche

11.

The judge commanded, stamping his mallet on the table, “Order in the court, order in the court.”

a)

Transferred Epithet

b)

Euphemism

c)

Repetition

d)

Simile

12.

My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

a)

Euphemism

b)

Personification

c)

Pun

d)

Climax

13.

I hate you!

a)

Interrogation

b)

Euphemism

c)

Anti-climax

d)

Exclamation

14.

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

a)

Antithesis

b)

Synecdoche

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Inversion

15.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

a)

Repetition

b)

Alliteration

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Pun

16.

O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Euphemism

c)

Pun

d)

Apostrophe

17.

Her long hair was a flowing golden river.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Repetition

d)

Inversion

18.

Who is here so vile that will not love his country?

a)

Interrogation

b)

Exclamation

c)

Synecdoche

d)

Transferred Epithet

19.

This house is as clean as a whistle.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Apostrophe

20.

I have had such a wonderful day!

a)

Synecdoche

b)

Metaphor

c)

Apostrophe

d)

Transferred Epithet