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Philworld: Figures of Speech

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Oh, trees, how majestic you are as you throw down your golden leaves.

a)

Apostrophe

b)

Allusion

c)

Antithesis

2.

When your parents learn about your new plan to raise money, it's going to sink like the Titanic.

a)

Apostrophe

b)

Allusion

c)

Antithesis

3.

Lightning danced across the sky.

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Metonymy

4.

If we don't get these reports in today, the suits will be after us.

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Metonymy

5.

He is not the cleverest person I have ever met.

a)

Euphemism

b)

Litotes

c)

Antithesis

6.

I could hear the popping and crackling as mom dropped the bacon into the frying pan, and soon the salty, greasy smell wafted toward me.

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Personification

c)

Imagery

7.

Dan's dog dove deep in the dam, drinking dirty water as he dove.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Imagery

8.

The firecracker made a loud "ka-boom".

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Assonance

c)

Oxymoron

9.

“Tell them to be good, tell them to follow their elders, and tell them to mind their manners.”

a)

Antithesis

b)

Allusion

c)

Anaphora

10.

Sheena is a differently-abled-person.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Euphemism

c)

Irony

11.

They do not seem the happiest couple around.

a)

Irony

b)

Paradox

c)

Litotes

12.

He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

13.

Brenda told Mica to act naturally.

a)

Apostrophe

b)

Metaphor

c)

Oxymoron

14.

I’ve told you to clean your room a million times!

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Allusion

c)

Meiosis

15.

"What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young."

a)

Pun

b)

Allusion

c)

Paradox

16.

"Just because you're born in the slum does not mean the slum is born in you."

a)

Pun

b)

Chiasmus

c)

Understatement

17.

Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

a)

Personification

b)

Allusion

c)

Metonymy

18.

I guess I should see this message about a new job as my burning bush.

a)

Personification

b)

Allusion

c)

Metonymy

19.

“O holy night! The stars are brightly shining!”

a)

Assonance

b)

Antithesis

c)

Apostrophe

20.

“England" decides to keep check on immigration.

a)

Metonymy

b)

Alliteration

c)

Anaphora

21.

The dancer was a graceful eagle taking flight.

a)

Pun

b)

Euphemism

c)

Metaphor

22.

Hank held his head high.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Anaphora

23.

Mom, we will not run. We will not scream. We will not be late.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Anaphora

24.

"But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first."

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Chiasmus

c)

Antithesis

25.

Modern dancing is so old fashioned.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Paradox

c)

Oxymoron

26.

You are not doing badly at all.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Litotes

c)

Synecdoche

27.

"You are a Solomon when it comes to making decisions."

a)

Paradox

b)

Personification

c)

Allusion

28.

The grammarian was very logical. He had a lot of comma sense.

a)

Pun

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Allusion

29.

"Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese"

a)

Alliteration

b)

Allusion

c)

Assonance

30.

“Great! Now you have broken my new camera.”

a)

Irony

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Hyperbole

31.

Gina’s father passed away last night.

a)

Litores

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Euphemism

32.

Deep down, you’re really shallow.

a)

Paradox

b)

Antithesis

c)

Synecdoche

33.

Let's agree, to disagree.

a)

Allusion

b)

Antithesis

c)

Chiasmus

34.

"The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain."

a)

Allusion

b)

Alliteration

c)

Assonance

35.

Glittering white, the blanket of snow covered everything in sight.

a)

Imagery

b)

Personification

c)

Apostrophe

36.

"Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better."

a)

Alliteration

b)

Personification

c)

Allusion

37.

Nobody goes to that restaurant anymore — it’s too crowded.

a)

Metonymy

b)

Paradox

c)

Oxymoron

38.

"The brains helped me with my homework.”

a)

Metaphor

b)

Paradox

c)

Synecdoche

39.

“The more you hate, the more you love.”

a)

Antithesis

b)

Allusion

c)

Anaphora

40.

Always BEE yourself!

a)

Personification

b)

Allusion

c)

Pun