WorksheetsFigure of Speech - Contrast
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
It is putting side by side of two normally contradictory words.
Metonymy
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Paradox
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Apostrophe
Antithesis
Personification
Hyperbole
Which figure of speech is the author using?
"Speech is silver, but silence is gold."
Antithesis
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Which figure of speech is the author using?
"Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing"
Metaphor
Repetition
Alliteration
Antithesis
Which figure of speech did Neil Armstrong use before stepping on the moon?
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"
Metaphor
Simile
Antithesis
Rhetorical question
Using 'inferno' in place of 'hell' is an example of _____________.
Chiasmus
Litotes
Euphemism
Pun
What is the figure of speech used in the line "She is no fool."?
Metonymy
Synecdoche
Litotes
Chiasmus
"Truth is bitter, but it has a sweet fruit." is an example of ______.
Paradox
Antithesis
Oxymoron
Litotes
He is telling us a fairy tale.
irony
simile
euphemism
transferred epithet
I am not a little.
interrogation
pun
apostrophe
litotes
passed away instead of died
personification
euphemism
imagery
verbal irony
Melham is a big-boned kid.
healthy
thin
fat
joyful
She forgot to visit the powder room before going to the shop.
toilet
kitchen
classroom
bedroom
