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Metonymy: revision

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_______ substitutes the thing named for the thing meant

a)

metaphor

b)

metonymy

c)

simile

d)

comparison

2.

_______ compares two unrelated concepts (things, people, phenomena)

a)

metonymy

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

comparison

3.

Most of the successful people in Hollywood are failures as human beings.

a)

metaphor

b)

metonymy

4.

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.

a)

metonymy

b)

metaphor

c)

both

5.

Which type of metonymy: The pen is mightier than the sword.

a)

instrument instead of an action

b)

container instead of the thing contained

c)

material instead of the thing made of it

d)

part instead of the whole thing or object

6.

Which type of metonymy: The first lesson in the foreign languages usually starts with the ABCs

a)

instrument instead of an action

b)

container instead of the thing contained

c)

material instead of the thing made of it

d)

part instead of the whole thing or object

7.

Which type of metonymy: Do we have any water? - Yes, we brought two bottles.

a)

instrument instead of an action

b)

container instead of the thing contained

c)

material instead of the thing made of it

d)

part instead of the whole thing or object

8.

Which type of metonymy: OMG! What is he doing? He's just lost his head!

a)

concrete thing instead of an abstract notion

b)

container instead of the thing contained

c)

material instead of the thing made of it

d)

part instead of the whole thing or object

9.

Which type of metonymy: On the red carpet, the actress wore a black Versace

a)

concrete thing instead of an abstract notion

b)

container instead of the thing contained

c)

material instead of the thing made of it

d)

a proper name instead of the common name

10.

Which type of metonymy: No matter what season it was, the girl always used Converse

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11.

The boot of Europe is recognized for its gastronomy. The underlined phrase means...

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12.

Which type of metonymy: The brushes worked fast

a)

concrete thing instead of an abstract notion

b)

container instead of the thing contained

c)

an instrument instead of a doer or an action

d)

a proper name instead of the common name

13.

Type of metonymy: Every Caesar has his Brutus

a)

synecdoche

b)

antonomasia

14.

Type of metonymy: It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down

a)

synecdoche

b)

antithesis

15.

What type of metonymy is here? I can't wait to read the funny papers.

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