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Fig. Lang. AP Lang

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A reporter refers to the president’s administration as “the White House.”

a)

synechdoche

b)

paradox

c)

metonymy

d)

oxymoron

2.

Living dead

a)

synechdoche

b)

paradox

c)

metonymy

d)

oxymoron

3.

Check out my new set of wheels!

a)

synechdoche

b)

paradox

c)

metonymy

d)

oxymoron

4.

She was not undmindful.

a)

synechdoche

b)

litotes

c)

metonymy

d)

oxymoron

5.

My mom is going to kill me if I fail AP English.

a)

synechdoche

b)

hyperbole

c)

metonymy

d)

oxymoron

6.

Someone says. “pretty fair” instead of “splendid” when describing a delicious dish.

a)

synechdoche

b)

hyperbole

c)

meiosis

d)

oxymoron

7.

“[. . .] Do deeds to make heaven weep, all earth amazed [. . .]” Source: Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Othello. 1603.

a)

synechdoche

b)

hyperbole

c)

meiosis

d)

personification

8.

“ Here once the embattled farmers stood/And fired the shot heard round the world.”

Source: Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "The Concord Hymn." 1837.

a)

antithesis

b)

hyperbole

c)

meiosis

d)

simile

9.

Deep down, you're really shallow.

a)

antithesis

b)

paradox

c)

meiosis

d)

simile

10.

In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Cassius exclaims, “Age, thou are sham’d! Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods!”

a)

apostrophe

b)

paradox

c)

meiosis

d)

simile

11.

“Language is a road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.”

a)

metaphor

b)

paradox

c)

meiosis

d)

simile

12.

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

a)

antithesis

b)

paradox

c)

meiosis

d)

simile