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WorksheetsAdvanced Figurative Language
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
A reporter refers to the president's administration as " the White House" is an example of
metonymy
synecdoche
paradox
simile
Army Intelligence is an example of
oxymoron
paradox
litotes
hyperbole
She killed him with kindness is an example of
apostrophe
melosis
paradox
hyperbole
From "The Illiad": "But swift Achilleus kept unremittingly after Hector, chasing him, as a dog in the mountains who has flushed from his covert."
metaphor
antithesis
simile
personification
Edward Abbey writes in this essay "Down the River", The lion leaped up into the tocks and melted away. This is an example of
personification
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
"The hungry judges soon the the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jury men may dine" is an example of
apostrophe
paradox
antithesis
litotes
In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Cassius exclaims, " Age, thou are sham'd! Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods!" This is an example of
apostrophe
melosis
litotes
personification
She was not unmindful. Is an example of
personification
metaphor
litotes
metonymy
All hands on deck! This is an example of
synecdoche
metonymy
litotes
personification
From the book 2 Corinthians in the New Testament: " For when I am weak, then I am wrong". This is an example of
oxymoron
paradox
hyperbole
antithesis
Someone says, " pretty fair" instead of "splendid" when describing a delicious dish. Is an example of
apostrophe
oxymoron
hyperbole
melosis
She screamed so loudly that windows five miles away shattered into a million shards of glass. This is an example of
oxymoron
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
