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Stylistic devices N1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Synecdoche

d)

Hyperbole

2.

Life is a highway.

a)

Metonymy

b)

Metaphor

c)

Ellipsis

d)

Oxymoron

3.

I want to go but I can't.

a)

Ellipsis

b)

Irony

c)

Antonomasia

d)

Pun

4.

The beginning of the end.

a)

Paradox

b)

Zeugma

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

5.

This is just the false truth.

a)

Synecdoche

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Irony

6.

If it were a cold rainy day, you might say, " What a beautiful day!".

a)

Paradox

b)

Zeugma

c)

Euphemism

d)

Irony

7.

The kettle is boiling

a)

Metaphor

b)

Metonymy

c)

Synecdoche

d)

Simile

8.

She is as sly as a fox.

a)

Simile

b)

Antonomasia

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Pun

9.

She is not ugly girl.

a)

Understantement

b)

Paradox

c)

Zeugma

d)

Litotes

10.

You can tune a guitar, but you can't tuna fish.

a)

Zeugma

b)

Irony

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Pun

11.

Hope for the best; prepare for the worst.

a)

Gradation

b)

Antithesis

c)

Epithet

d)

Pun

12.

Instead of the word "to die", you might use the word "pass away".

a)

Simile

b)

Antonomasia

c)

Euphemism

d)

Hyperbole

13.

He took his hat and his leave.

a)

Pun

b)

Irony

c)

Metaphor

d)

Zeugma

14.

The ship was lost with all hands.

a)

Metonymy

b)

Synecdoche

c)

Irony

d)

Pun

15.

Justice is blind.

a)

Periphrasis

b)

Synecdoche

c)

Zeugma

d)

Personification