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Figures of Speech (Grade 11-13)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The car was knifed in two.

a)

Simile

b)

metaphor

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

personification

2.

As we opened the door the sun greeted us with a smile.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

3.

The girls sailed through their driving tests easily.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

4.

The old man told the little boy that he can save money by spending it.

a)

irony

b)

sarcasm

c)

paradox

d)

euphemism

5.

The students were obviously nervous because a deafening silence filled the atmosphere.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

personification

c)

oxymoron

d)

antithesis

6.

Are you prepared to fight for your rights or are you going to die as wimps?

a)

Allusion

b)

Alliteration

c)

Rhetorical Question

d)

Hyperbole

7.

The visually impaired student had great difficulty understanding what the teacher was explaining.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

oxymoron

c)

euphemism

d)

Paradox

8.

In the summer season soft was the sun.

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

onomatopoeia

9.

To err is human; to forgive is divine.

a)

sarcasm

b)

metaphor

c)

antithesis

d)

paradox

10.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

a)

antithesis

b)

metonymy

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

11.

His speech brought the house down.

a)

metaphor

b)

euphemism

c)

irony

d)

hyperbole

12.

A born linguist like you cannot order a drink in French.

a)

metaphor

b)

pun

c)

simile

d)

irony

13.

I came, I saw and I conquered.

a)

hyperbole

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

climax

d)

anti-climax

14.

Who had kissed us awake? (Taken from the poem, Colonial Girls School)

a)

rhetorical question

b)

allusion

c)

Paradox

d)

metaphor

15.

The comedian was seriously funny.

a)

hyperbole

b)

oxymoron

c)

antithesis

d)

Paradox