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WorksheetsLexical stylistic devices2.21
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 42mins
Find cases of Metaphor among the following sentences:
Your ears are not supposed to hear such things.
It takes two to tango.
Life is a journey.
What's in your suitcase? It weighs a ton!
What lexical stylistic device is used in the following utterance?
'You’re a snake! Everything you hiss out of your mouth is a lie. You frighten children, and you have no spine'.
(a)
What is Simile as a lexical stylistic device?
Obvious comparison, using 'like', 'so', 'as' etc.
Implied comparison, relying on similarity and association
Naming one thing in another way
Describing an object
Choose the statements containing cases of Simile among those given below:
'Baby, I'm preying on you tonight<...>
Just like animals, animals, like animals-mals'
His eyes were a sky fool of stars
His eyes were like a sky fool of stars
'My heart is like an open highway'
Choose a case of Personification among the following phrases:
'The Fault in Our Stars'
The smell of baking muffins welcomed us inside.
"You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it.
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes..."
I wanna drink that smile.
The stars winked in the night sky.
Fill in the lexical stylistic device used in the following phrase:
'Washington declared 'sanctuary state' as governor looks to stand out in crowded 2020 race'
(a)
One of the following sentences DOESN'T contain a case of Hyperbole. PIck it out of the following:
I’ve asked you not to do that a thousand times.
'Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world'.
So, that's what you call a controlled chaos!
I’m so angry, I could kill him!
Is there a case of Understatement?
I'm so hungry... Give me a cow, and I will eat it!
Oh, nothing important - I've just ricked my life to save yours.
It will take some time but I can spare it.
Easy come, easy go.
Each phrase below contains a case of some lexical stylistic device. What is it? Type it in
*Home, sweet home
*He cast a watchful eye over the class.
*In the face of such a tragedy, his laughing happiness seemed queer.
*My careful steps reached the attic.
(a)
Type in the LSD you see cases of below:
- 'Kill 'em with kindness...'
- Original copy
- “We must believe in free will. We have no choice.”
- Speaking silence
- 'She's awful pretty'
What LSD are these cases of?
#Jah Khalib: 'На тебе черное платье, на мне черные брови' XD
#"His clothes, his books, and his dignity were lost" .
#"Yes, my teeth and ambitions are bared."
#Rolling Stones: "I'll tell you you can put me out on the street
Put me out with no shoes on my feet
But, put me out, put me out
Put me out of misery"
#Taylor Swift: I was riding shotgun with my hair undone in the front seat of his car
He's got a one-hand feel on the steering wheel
The other on my heart
(a)
Choose cases of Pun among the phrases given below:
Harley Quinn
'Excellent taste' - whiskey's advertisement
“The road to success is always under construction.”
'Lord of the Fries'
'You should be shot' - Photo shop sign
